Ascaron Entertainment, today announced that the PS3 version of their upcoming action RPG, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel will hit retail shelves later this year.

"Role-playing game enthusiasts have always been strongly represented on the Playstation platforms, and we are delighted to offer a version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel for the PS3," said Heiko tom Felde, Managing Director of Ascaron,"We’ve been working on this version for more than a year, and can now proudly reveal it and its new features, to an entirely new audience."

This version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel will feature enhanced graphics, 5.1 Channel Dolby Surround Sound and support drop-in cooperative play, as well as other multiplayer gaming modes via the Internet. The game also features two-player shared-screen gaming on one console – players simply pick up a controller, press "Start" and join their friends. Players can save their characters and use them in all game modes – allowing the same character to be used both in single-player or multiplayer modes, accumulating experience and loot seamlessly. The controls and interface have been developed from scratch for the PS3 to ensure fluid and intuitive game play optimized for the platform throughout.