''Egypt 2: The Heliopolis Prophecy'' () is an

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developed and published by

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for the PC and

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in 2000. It was released for

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in May 2012.''Egypt The Heliopolis Prophecy''
release information at MacGameStore ''Egypt 2'' follows '' Egypt 1156 B.C.'' and is followed by '' Egypt III''.

Gameplay

Plot

The game is set in 1360 BC, and Heliopolis, the City of the Sun, has been struck by a plague. The player's father has also been infected. From a first-person perspective, the player must find a cure and save the father and the rest of Heliopolis.

Development

Reception

According to Cryo Interactive's marketing manager Mattieu Saint-Dennis, ''Egypt 2'' sold 180,000 units in Europe alone by December 2000. Of this number, France accounted for 50,000 copies. The game and its predecessor, '' Egypt 1156 B.C.'', achieved combined global sales above 700,000 units by February 2004.

Sequel

Following the 2002 bankruptcy and

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of Cryo Interactive, many of its key assets were purchased by

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to form that company's new European branch. Two development teams, including that of the ''Egypt'' series, were among these acquisitions. DreamCatcher Europe was established in

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in January 2003, and the publisher subsequently announced a sequel to ''Egypt II'' in April, under the names ''The Egyptian Prophecy'' (North America) and ''Egypt III: The Fate of Ramses'' (Europe). It was one of several announcements by the company in preparation for the 2003

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(E3). Like the publisher's concurrent project '' Atlantis Evolution'', ''Egypt III'' was developed internally by DreamCatcher Europe. In the summer of 2003, DreamCatcher Europe shuttered the game development divisions it had carried over from Cryo. As a result, ''Egypt III'' "seemed destined for cancellation",

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' Johann Walter later noted. A group of those laid off proceeded to found the developer

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, led by Benoît Hozjan. The new company opened in September. Since most of the team had already been involved in ''Egypt III'' before its development was interrupted, Kheops sought and received a contract from DreamCatcher to complete the game independently.

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reported in January 2004 that ''Egypt III'' had "quietly resumed development" and was nearing completion. The game was released in North America on March 29, 2004. As Cryo had done for ''Egypt II'', Kheops worked with archeologist Jean-Claude Golvin to increase historical accuracy. ''Egypt III'' was targeted primarily at

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References

External links

* (archived)
''Egypt 2: The Heliopolis Prophecy'' at Microïds
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