Rock, Paper, Shotgun has kicked up a hands-on preview of Risen, after receiving a preview build of the game from the folks at Piranha Bytes. I’m attacked by monsters, I meet a couple of surly guards, and eventually I find…

Deep Silver has released a ten-minute “making of” video featuring Piranha Bytes’ Michael Hoge, Bjorn Pankratz, and Phillip Krause discussing the design decisions that have been made during Risen’s development. The video is entirely in German, but English subtitles are…

Deep Silver has announced a new contest in which three lucky Twitter fans can score a copy of the Xbox 360 version of Risen prior to its October 2nd launch date. The details: All you need to do is sign…

Piranha Bytes’ official Risen website has been updated with a ninth short story entitled “Restless Bones”. Breathing heavily, the man worked his way along a narrow cave pathway. Metal clinked before him. It sounded like a sword dashing against chain…

Deep Silver has launched a new Risen blog, only this time the entries are curiously written by “Fred”, a skeleton that will apparently become our companion in the soon-to-be-released RPG. Keeping in mind that Fred likes grog, the ladies, and…

Deep Silver fired over a press release this morning announcing that the PC version of Piranha Bytes’ Risen has officially gone gold and will ship on October 2nd, 2009. Those of you planning to pick up the Xbox 360 version…

Deep Silver sent over a press release letting us know that the third and final chapter has been added to their “experience” website for Risen. The Final Chapter Awaits at the Official Risen Website Hermosa Beach, Calif. – September 16,…

Piranha Bytes’ official Risen website has been updated with an eighth short story entitled “Shadow of Night”. The night was perfect. The narrow crescent of the moon had disappeared a little while ago behind a blanket of clouds that had…

Three videos showcasing an impressive forty-five minutes worth of footage from Piranha Bytes’ Risen are now available on MTV Germany’s GameOne website. The voiceovers are all in German, but this is still the best look we’ve had of the game…