The tropical adventure will be parachuting its way to US shelves on March 23^rd followed by the UK and Australia come the 26^th, Square Enix has announced.

Developed by Avalanche Studios, Just Cause 2 is an open-world sandbox title following the exploits of suave thrill-seeking agent, Rico Rodriquez. Having been sent to Panau Island to face his mentor from the first game, Rico will be tasked with ridding the place of a typically evil despot in the process. The grapple and parachute make a welcome return and if the developers are to be believed the sequel will feature a greater level of variety this time around.

The original Just Cause was generally considered a fun but flawed effort, averaging an Xbox 360 score of 73 on Metacritic. With new weapons such as laser-sighted rockets and new vehicles including a jumbo jet, Just Cause 2 looks to be upping the ante in every way, hopefully resulting in a more enjoyable package overall.

With a reported 400 square miles of land featuring snow, jungle and sand to play around in, 2010 may have just got a whole lot bigger. Look for the D+PAD review when the game hits early next year…

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