In case any of you are curious the release date for King's Bounty: Dark Side is August 19th, and will be available in two versions according to the developer on Steam.
I also found a new early review on Strategy Informer.Release version of the game will be available starting from August 19, 2014 in two editions:
Premium edition includes Dark Side Cookies bonus DLC that features:
- King’s Bounty: Dark Side for suggested price 17,99 EUR/24,99 USD/15,99 GBP.
- King’s Bounty: Dark Side Premium Edition for suggested price 21,99 EUR /29,99 USD/ 18,99 GBP.
- Clot of Darkness amulet providing bonus to money and experience
- Two additional locations
- Over a dozen additional quests and a new unit
More information.King's Bounty: Dark Side is absolutely not a bad game, in fact it's fun and very addictive. The trouble is that they've already released it at least three times under different subtitles and with the absolute bare minimum of tweaks. Katauri haven't bothered to update literally anything to the point that you'll hear the same music and sound effects, see the same loading screens, and use the same units and magic powers you did in The Legend, Armored Princess and Warriors Of The North. No voice acting, no cutscenes, no multiplayer, no new graphics engine, there's not even a f***ing tutorial this time since they know their audience entirely consists of people who don't play any other games. It has no respect for gamers so I'm not having any respect for it. If you still fancy more King's Bounty after playing the last three then by all means pick up Dark Side. Everyone else: don't play it, Legend is cheaper.