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Risen Console Port and PC Update Available

A couple months back, THQ Nordic announced a new console port for Piranha Bytes’ open world RPG Risen that was originally released back in 2009. That port is now live on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, inviting us…

Risen – Console Port Announced

Those of you who’d like to play Piranha Bytes’ pirate-adjacent action-RPG Risen on a modern console will be able to do just that starting January 24, 2023 when this cult-classic title is slated to make its way to PlayStation 4,…

THQ Nordic Acquires Piranha Bytes

Back in 2017, THQ Nordic published ELEX, Piranha Bytes’ latest action-RPG. And according to this open press release, that partnership has now been extended indefinitely thanks to THQ Nordic acquiring Piranha Bytes along with their intellectual properties that include such…

Overlooked RPGs That Are Worth Playing Today

Over at PC Gamer you can find this list of overlooked RPGs that includes plenty of JRPGs and games that can be considered RPGs only in a very broad sense, but even so, there are quite a few titles there…

Great Ideas More RPGs Should Steal

The latest of Richard Cobbett’s RPG Scrollbars features revolves around all the underutilized ideas in RPGs. This particular column doesn’t talk about general things that are often overlooked, like good inventory screens and whatnot, instead it tries to remember the…

Piranha Bytes Game Engine History

It’s a shame that we don’t often hear about the technological wizardry behind many of our favorite games, so it’s great to see this article on World of ELEX that takes us through the early beginnings of Piranha Bytes’ ZenGin…

Risen Video Retrospective

The latest episode of Matt Barton’s Matt Chat on YouTube provides us a look at 57 minutes of footage of Risen, the spiritual successor to the Gothic series from German studio Piranha Bytes. Back when the title released, I had…

Risen Released on GOG

Piranha Bytes’ Risen has been released on GOG.com for $9.99 and, on top of that, is currently 60% off, bringing the price down to $3.99. While it’s not as good as the first two Gothics and the character models are…

Risen Gets DRM-Removing Patch

While the Steam version already had additional DRM removed, a patch to remove the Tages DRM from the boxed version of Risen has only just been released, finally making the game completely DRM-free. I’m not sure why the patch seems…

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