 The US release by Atari followed a few months later on October 28.However, according to Piranha Bytes, Atari did not officially confirm the US release to them, so they did not spread the word about this release for months.On October 17, 2005 publisher JoWood announced that Aspyr Media was going to publish four of their titles in North America, one of them being "Gothic II Gold", which includes "Gothic II" as well as the expansion pack "Gothic II - Night of the Raven".