Basilisk Games has announced the release of its RPG Eschalon: Book II, now available for purchase and download.

The sequel to the award winning Eschalon: Book I takes place after the province of Thaermore has fallen and threats of full-on war are beginning to bubble over. The developer points out that no previous experience is needed to play the title standalone from the original with the title available for PC, Mac and Linux, all DRM free of course.

A demo of the title has also been prepped and released and can be downloaded via the game’s official site, if you enjoy yourself you can unlock the full game by purchasing a key and entering it where the trial version prompts you. The full version runs $25 and grants three copies of the game across the previously mentioned operating systems. From the feature list:

♦ Eschalon: Book II is the sequel to 2007’s award winning RPG Eschalon: Book I, although no previous experience is needed to play and enjoy Book II.

♦ Book II will be available for Windows, Macintosh (Universal Binary) and Linux-based computers.

♦ Play as a male or female character.

♦ 1024 x 768 native resolution.

♦ DRM Free! We respect our customers.

♦ New weather effects: snow, rain, and thunderstorms. Weather isn’t just an effect; severe weather effects gameplay stats and skills.

♦ Additional skills and improved skill balancing.

♦ Improved GUI including additional save game slots, increased number of Inventory and Quick Slot spaces, Key Ring and Recipe book, and much more!

♦ “Equipment configuration” presets for convenient swapping of entire armor and weapons sets.

♦ New difficulty modes and tracked statistics add to replay value.