as well as the expansion pack Gothic II – Night of the Raven. Aspyr Media released Gothic II Gold on 29 November 2005. In Germany, Gothic II is also available in a Collector's Edition, together with the add-on and Gothic. An English demo version of the game which contains the first part was released on 17 March 2005, when the game was released in several new territories. Reception Sales Following high sales projections, Gothic II became a commercial success and was JoWood's largest-ever hit by early 2003. In the German market, it debuted at #1 on GfK's weekly computer game sales charts in December, topping popular rivals like Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Tobias Simon of Gameswelt noted that it shot "directly from zero to #1" upon release. After dropping to #3 in its second and third weeks, it finished the final calendar week of 2002 in second place, behind Anno 1503. German firm Media Control ultimately ranked Gothic II as the German market's second-biggest computer game seller of December, again behind Anno. Gothic II continued to hold position 2 on GfK's charts for the first two weeks of January 2003, before falling to places fifth, fourth and tenth over its following three weeks, respectively. Despite exiting the top 10 in the sixth week of 2003, Gothic II received a "Gold" award from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD) by the end of January, for sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The game retained sixth place on Media Control's monthly chart for February, and by June had spent seven consecutive months in the firm's top 30, claiming 15th that month. After two 17th-place finishes in July and August, it climbed back to 14th in September 2003. By February 2004, Gothic II had sold 200,000 units, while its expansion pack had achieved 100,000 sales. In early 2005, Koch Media launched its "Hammerprice" line of budget games, which repackaged older titles at a €10 price point. Gothic II was among the first games released on the label, alongside titles such as SpellForce: The Order of Dawn and Singles: Flirt Up Your Life. Selling around 200,000 units in this new form, Gothic II became one of Koch's most successful Hammerprice games by 2007. Throughout Europe, Gothic II sold 500,000 units by January 2005. Critical reviews While Gothic II received very high reviews in the German press,