Arcania - A Gothic Tale is the latest offspring of the Gothic franchise. The highly anticipated role-playing game has now been delayed to 2010 by publisher Jowood. Since the game is supposed to become an AAA title for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, it has been decided on to length the timeframe for the development.

Jowood and the developers at Spellbound had already released several screenshots of Arcania - A Gothic tale, as well as gameplay videos. Besides that the minimal system requirements had also been unveiled.

Update August 20, 2009
At the Gamescom publisher Jowood has released new screenshots of Arcania - A Gothic Tale. You can find the pictures in the gallery at the end of the article.

Below you can read the Jowood press release:

Vienna, 19.08.2009
The Austrian publisher, JoWooD today announced that the release of its awaited action-RPG title, ArcaniA - A Gothic Tale has been postponed to 2010.

ArcaniA - A Gothic Tale, the next opus of the Gothic series, is planned to come on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. In its commitment to release a AAA title, JoWooD has committed substantial extra development budget for ArcaniA - A Gothic Tale to be a flagship title and one of the best RPG releases of 2010.
" A stong investment in quality and innovation is the way for a publisher like us to take a strong position in the RPG market. We want, with ArcaniA - A Gothic Tale to offer the best of the Gothic franchise, as we believe we have in our hands the game to compete against the best RPGs out there " says Albert Seidl, JoWooD CEO