 GameSpy noted the multiplayer mode being "sloppy" and "unstable" at times, not being as enjoyable as the single player mode, having "experienced a couple disconnects, and had more than one game end prematurely due to simple frustration".Following the game's release on the PlayStation 3, the same year on 13 August Codemasters announced a sequel entitled "Overlord II" to be released for all three platforms to be released sometime in 2009.According to developers, the game "massively increases the scope of the original concept" while taking the role of a different Overlord due to the events in the story of "Raising Hell", continuing where the last game finished with a new "Roman-inspired" prime foe.