D3 has issued a press release announcing Puzzle Quest 2 will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade and the Nintendo DS in the Spring of 2010.

Puzzle Quest 2 features its hallmark blend of match-3 gem matching and fantasy, with a simple but meaningful role playing experience where players can choose any of four character classes; War Mage, Inquisitor, Barbarian or Assassin. Each character class provides interesting twists during multiple play-throughs as players reclaim the once peaceful village of Verloren from the evil clutch of the demon Gorgon. Players will be able to level up each character to progress through the adventure in Story Mode or even dive into Instant Action, Tournament Mode, or Mutliplayer Mode for a rich and diverse experience. With the entire Puzzle Quest world accessible on your fingertips in real-time action, players will be able to get a more streamlined experience for instant gratification.

Having seen the article in GamePro, players will be surprised by the overland exploration, which now utilizes a 3D isometric map. If you love Bejeweled Twist, this will be a win. Let us know if you’re hot for Puzzle Quest 2.

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Dingo Games has announced the release of Three Musketeers: The Game. The adventure game will run on a PC or a Mac and closely follows the story of the original Three Musketeer novel. Players take on the role of a young boy with the name of  d’Artagnan as he heads out to become one of the famous Musketeers.

Three Musketeers: The Game takes players on the adventure through duels with enemies, chances to gather loot and even shoot muskets as they progress through the story line. The game focuses on d’Artagnan’s adventure with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, the famous musketeers. The main story focuses on saving the Queen’s honor. Cardinal Richelieu, the most powerful man in France has decided to disgrace the Queen and the musketeers will not let that happen.

The game features an old school top-down perspective with hand drawn 2d graphics. There are not many new games that use the old top-down perspective so there will be a feel of an old school game when playing this title. If you like the Three Musketeers story and adventure games, check out Three Musketeers: The Game.

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Bioware has announced a browser-based version of Dragon Age: Origins, called Dragon Age: Journeys, developed by “EA 2D, BioWare, and some of the hottest indie talent from the flash developer community.”

We have some big plans for Journeys. The first piece that we are currently building is a 3 chapter, single player, tactical rpg delivered in Flash. Right now we’re hard at work finishing the first chapter, Dragon Age Journeys: The Deep Roads. The game will introduce you to the dwarven city of Orzammar and the Deep Roads surrounding it where the dwarves face a persistent threat from the darkspawn hordes.

The flash game will serve as a prequel to Origins. There is no release date yet for The Deep Roads, but it looks like a fantastic way to play Dragon Age on the go, with some Heroes of Might & Magic-style gameplay.

Let us know what you think.

(Thanks, Digital Battle.)

If you are a fan of card-based fantasy style games, then this open beta might be for you. Veil Entertainment and Spore Productions have announced Rise & Ruin has gone into open beta. The game can be played in a web browser, which makes the game playable by anyone with a computer and an Internet connection.

Rise & Ruin is attempting to take the trading card game genre to a new level. The decks in this game are used to aid the main avatar. Players can level up the avatar to their liking and then use the cards to pick powerful attack, defense, magic, and specialty cards. Players are able to play the game for free and have the option to buy the in-game currency to purchase more cards and additional content.

Rise & Ruin sounds like an interesting take on the trading card game genre. Card-based games can be fun and there are a few that use the free to play model and then make money off of microtransactions. If this game sounds like something you would like to check out, head over to Rise & Ruin and sign up to play.

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Gamescampus.com has announced the release of Faction Warfare Player Vs. Player (PvP) combat system for their role playing game, Asda Story. Players can select a faction and that faction will serve as the players allegiance.

Players can be part of the Light, Darkness, and Chaos factions. Players have to pick a faction before they can fight on the Faction War Battlefield. The battlefield pits all of three of the different factions against each other in to capture Fortresses around the map. There can be up to thirty players from each faction for a total of ninety players battling it out. Currently, there is only one map, but there are plans to add more maps.

If you are into PvP style of game play, check out the latest addition to the Asda Story.

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