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It was recently announced that Puzzle Quest, the popular RPG-puzzle game hybrid, is to receive an expansion through Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA). The game, temporarily titled “Puzzle Quest 1.5,” features new four professions that include Bard, Rogue, Ranger and Warlock, as well as a plethora of additional spells, skills and items. The expansion will also introduce a new villain, Antharg, Lord of the Plague.

In an outreach to fans, Puzzle Quest developer Infinite Interactive and publisher D3 Publisher scanned dozens of fan-submitted titles to find the winning entry that would definitively title the new expansion. The official title of the expansion is now Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords – Revenge of the Plague Lord.

There is still no word as to when the title will be available for purchase on XBLA, but the title is very anticipated. Puzzle Quest has seen itself released on nearly every current console, including the Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, Playstation 2 and Playstation 3, as well as Macs, PCs and some mobile phones. The simple addictiveness of the project has garnered a moderately large cult following in the gaming community, and its availability on a variety of platforms has made it easier for casual gamers to experience the joys of puzzle gaming.

The title does seem a bit superfluous, though. It’s extremely long, up there with Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie. Although an official title is always nice to have on that box art, I think that a majority of gamers, myself included, will still refer to this game as “Puzzle Quest 1.5.”

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