Darl Cloud HD Dark Chronicle,[a] released as Dark Cloud 2 in North America and South Korea,[3] is an action role-playing game developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 (PS2). It was released in Japan in November 2002, in North America in February 2003, and in Europe in September 2003. An emulated version of the game was released for the PlayStation 4 through the PlayStation Network in January 2016.