While a simultaneous multiplatform release isn’t on the cards forTrine 2, developer Frozenbyte isn’t too far off from reaching such a goal. The eye-catching platformer is due out first on PC and Macvia Steamrelease on December 7. That’s this week!

For console owners, the wait is a fairly quick one —Trine 2hits the North American PlayStation Network on December 21 (the European PSN release is TBD but “hopefully around the same time”), followed by a worldwide Xbox Live Arcade launch the following day.

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Looking ahead, DRM-freeTrine 2and the Linux version are scheduled for release in 2012. Any game which features an octopus is a game I want to support.

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