With the recent announcement of Empire of the Immortals, the 2nd game in the new “Immortals” franchise by Perfect World, many are worried if a sequel is released too soon and if Battle of the Immortals will now be deemed as redundant. However, in the latest 3rd quarter performance report, CEO of Perfect World, Mr Michael Chi, has revealed that an expansion for the original will be shown soon. While he is no doubt referring to the Chinese server, the players on the English servers should now have something optimistic to look forward to. The text below is taken from the report itself:
“‘Empire of the Immortals’ has already attracted considerable buzz in the market and we are optimistic about its prospects. After some early promotional activities for the game during the quarter, we have recently seen some gamers take a wait-and-see approach with ‘Battle of the Immortals’ as they study the new game prior to its launch. But we are confident that, after the launch of ‘Empire of the Immortals,’ we will be able to broaden the overall user base of both games by targeting slightly different sub-segments of gamers and build the two into an even stronger overall franchise. In addition, we expect to launch a major new expansion pack for ‘Battle of the Immortals’ in the coming months. With this, and other expansion packs and updates to our existing key titles, we expect to draw new gamers and additional interest across our portfolio.”
