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   Angry mobs of fans and ruthless reviews aside, Gothic 3 remains one of the best PC games in 2006, and certainly one of last year's top three RPGs - along with Oblivion and NWN2. Once the dust settled over the initial invasion of bugs, the game began to sell like hot cakes it seems, as the total number of units sold worldwide has passed the 500,000 mark by now. Considering we're talking about a single-player role-playing game here, the figure is pretty impressive, and the publisher is mighty happy with it.

   Over the weekend, JoWooD and Koch Media laid down their bottles of champagne and took the time to share their enthusiastic thoughts with the gaming world:
"Gothic 3 turns into a very successful long seller, just as the precursors did. Every week we're curious about the incoming charts, showing sales of both Collector's and standard edition at a stable and high level", comments Johannes Natterer, Senior Marketing Manager JoWooD Productions. "Our high expectations are still outnumbered and Gothic 3 is finally on its way to become a known and beloved brand even outside the German speaking territories."

"We are proud to be part of such a world wide and remarkable success together with our Partner JoWooD Productions", states Martin Metzler, PR Manager Koch Media. "And all that is achieved with a production made in Germany, proofing that German studios can take on the international competition."    If you still haven't gotten around to playing it, there's a Gothic 3 demo available for download locally, and several trailers, too, where that came from. Finally, don't forget that an add-on should be released later this year (at best).