<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
Immortal	I-Application
Throne	I-Application
is	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
to	O
the	O
2006	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
directly	O
on	O
from	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
follows	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
confronted	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
wave	O
of	O
monsters	O
attacking	O
the	O
mortal	O
realm	O
from	O
the	O
Underworld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
is	O
identical	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
with	O
navigation	O
through	O
locations	O
around	O
the	O
Ancient	O
world	O
and	O
action	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
,	O
improvements	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
the	O
inventory	O
system	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
character	O
class	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
in	O
July	O
2006	O
after	O
work	O
was	O
completed	O
on	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
with	O
preparatory	O
work	O
beginning	O
prior	O
to	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
was	O
to	O
both	O
expand	O
upon	O
the	O
narrative	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
and	O
improve	O
the	O
gameplay	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
where	O
the	O
player-created	O
character	O
navigates	O
environments	O
within	O
the	O
Ancient	O
World	O
:	O
in	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
begins	O
by	O
exploring	O
locations	O
like	O
Rhodes	O
and	O
Epirus	O
,	O
before	O
entering	O
the	O
Underworld	O
and	O
passing	O
through	O
supernatural	O
locations	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Styx	B-Application
and	O
Elysium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	O
happens	O
in	O
real-time	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
style	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
attacks	O
enemies	O
highlighted	O
with	O
the	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
can	O
import	O
their	O
current	O
selected	O
character	O
into	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
,	O
while	O
new	O
players	O
must	O
complete	O
the	O
main	O
campaign	O
before	O
accessing	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
features	O
multiple	O
additions	O
and	O
alterations	O
over	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
picks	O
up	O
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
:	O
after	O
the	O
titan	O
Typhon	O
has	O
been	O
defeated	O
,	O
the	O
Olympian	O
gods	O
hail	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
as	O
humanity	O
's	O
hero	O
,	O
and	O
decide	O
that	O
the	O
human	O
world	O
can	O
function	O
without	O
their	O
protection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
player	O
defeats	O
Charon	O
and	O
Cerberus	B-Application
,	O
who	O
have	O
abandoned	O
their	O
original	O
purposes	O
,	O
they	O
head	O
through	O
Elysium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
learns	O
that	O
Hades	B-Language
,	O
god	O
of	O
the	O
Underworld	O
,	O
is	O
launching	O
an	O
attack	O
on	O
the	O
living	O
world	O
now	O
that	O
the	O
more	O
powerful	O
Olympians	O
have	O
left	O
humanity	O
unprotected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
trapping	O
Hades	B-Language
 '	O
army	O
in	O
the	O
Underworld	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
then	O
defeats	O
Hades	B-Language
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
began	O
in	O
early	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
weeks	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
went	O
gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Preparatory	O
work	O
was	O
in	O
progress	O
during	O
the	O
late	O
development	O
stages	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
with	O
staff	O
drawing	O
up	O
feature	O
lists	O
and	O
choosing	O
what	O
features	O
to	O
improve	O
and	O
what	O
additions	O
to	O
make	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
producer	O
Michael	O
Verrette	O
,	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
was	O
considered	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
as	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
elements	O
it	O
included	O
were	O
features	O
that	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
time	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
staff	O
from	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
returned	O
,	O
either	O
in	O
their	O
original	O
roles	O
or	O
different	O
roles	O
:	O
Verrette	O
became	O
producer	O
after	O
being	O
a	O
sound	O
designer	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
Arthur	O
Bruno	O
became	O
lead	O
gameplay	O
designer	O
,	O
and	O
Michael	O
Sheidow	O
and	O
Scott	O
Morton	O
returned	O
as	O
art	O
director	O
and	O
composer	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
would	O
be	O
the	O
last	O
original	O
property	O
worked	O
on	O
by	O
Iron	O
Lore	O
Entertainment	O
:	O
after	O
completing	O
work	O
on	O
Soulstorm	B-Application
,	O
an	O
expansion	O
to	O
Warhammer	B-Language
40,000	I-Language
:	I-Language
Dawn	I-Language
of	I-Language
War	I-Language
,	O
the	O
studio	O
was	O
forced	O
to	O
close	O
in	O
February	O
2008	O
due	O
to	O
difficulties	O
in	O
securing	O
any	O
funding	O
for	O
future	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Greek	O
Underworld	O
was	O
the	O
one	O
major	O
mythical	O
location	O
that	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
had	O
not	O
yet	O
approached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aesthetically	O
,	O
the	O
tone	O
of	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
was	O
darker	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
elements	O
of	O
this	O
change	O
being	O
the	O
cover	O
art	O
:	O
according	O
to	O
designer	O
Arthur	O
Bruno	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
in	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
unfavorable	O
impression	O
players	O
received	O
from	O
the	O
surface	O
appearance	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
when	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
darker	O
take	O
on	O
Grecian	O
mythology	O
in	O
the	O
God	O
of	O
War	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
by	O
publisher	O
THQ	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
four	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
July	O
17	O
,	O
2007	O
alongside	O
its	O
predecessor	O
by	O
THQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
gold	O
edition	O
:	O
it	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2007	O
in	O
the	O
West	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
April	O
25	O
,	O
2008	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
and	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
Iron	O
Lore	O
,	O
fan	O
patches	O
were	O
created	O
to	O
address	O
issues	O
found	O
within	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
such	O
as	O
bugs	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
intellectual	O
property	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Nordic	O
Games	O
after	O
THQ	O
began	O
selling	O
off	O
its	O
shares	O
in	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
its	O
2013	O
bankruptcy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
Nordic	O
Games	O
began	O
supporting	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
with	O
patches	O
to	O
fix	O
gameplay	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
issues	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
glitches	O
and	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
mobile	O
devices	O
in	O
2016	O
by	O
DotEmu	O
under	O
supervision	O
by	O
Nordic	O
Games	O
:	O
when	O
asked	O
whether	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
would	O
also	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
platforms	O
,	O
DotEmu	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
focusing	O
on	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
and	O
would	O
hopefully	O
port	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
at	O
a	O
later	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
debut	O
month	O
,	O
the	O
NPD	O
Group	O
reported	O
that	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
reached	O
#13	O
in	O
the	O
dedicated	O
PC	O
gaming	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Bruno	O
,	O
the	O
combined	O
worldwide	O
sales	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
and	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
totaled	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
units	O
worldwide	O
by	O
late	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
continued	O
to	O
sell	O
well	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
though	O
exact	O
figures	O
were	O
not	O
given	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
Immortal	I-Application
Throne	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
professional	O
critics	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
com	O
's	O
Jeff	O
Green	O
positively	O
noted	O
that	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
had	O
transformed	O
his	O
character	O
"	O
from	O
bored	O
millionaire	O
to	O
desperate	O
pauper	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
increased	O
amount	O
of	O
desirable	O
loot	O
and	O
its	O
rebalanced	O
economy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informers	O
Adam	O
Biessener	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
breathed	O
new	O
life	O
"	O
into	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
while	O
staying	O
true	O
to	O
the	O
conventions	O
of	O
its	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
's	O
Thierry	O
Nguyen	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
expansion	O
and	O
particularly	O
noted	O
the	O
Dream	O
Mastery	O
's	O
impressive	O
ability	O
roster	O
compared	O
to	O
others	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
retained	O
its	O
formulaic	O
structure	O
from	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
's	O
Steve	O
Butts	O
said	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
win	O
new	O
fans	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
similarity	O
to	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
praised	O
the	O
new	O
additions	O
and	O
tweaks	O
while	O
criticizing	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
improvements	O
made	O
to	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PALGNs	O
Mark	O
Marrow	O
was	O
highly	O
positive	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
despite	O
its	O
flaws	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
"	O
further	O
cements	O
[	O
Titan	O
Quests ]	O
position	O
as	O
being	O
a	O
worthy	O
purchase	O
for	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
