<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cypher	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2003	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Swedish	O
studios	O
258	O
Productions	O
AB	O
and	O
Data	O
Ductus	O
AB	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Daydream	O
Software	O
's	O
game	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
commissioned	O
by	O
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
following	O
its	O
success	O
with	O
the	O
North	O
America	O
release	O
of	O
Daydream	O
Software	O
's	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
which	O
sold	O
roughly	O
250,000	O
units	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
by	O
August	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
ultimately	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
258	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
licensed	O
the	O
Gamebryo	O
engine	O
to	O
create	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papworth	O
based	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
on	O
ancient	O
Babylon	B-General_Concept
,	O
inspired	O
by	O
his	O
reading	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
cryptography	O
technique	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
a	O
book	O
on	O
Babylonian	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
as	O
Cypher	O
:	O
The	O
Sequel	O
to	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
in	O
April	O
2003	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
teaser	O
in	O
July	O
2002	O
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
negative	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
