TeamXbox has kicked up their own preview of the Xbox 360 version of Risen, courtesy of a hands-on demonstration given to them by producer Thorsten Flügel. The game is expected to be a deep one, also. Flügel indicated that a…

The upcoming Xbox 360 version of Risen is the subject of yet another hands-on preview, and this time it’s courtesy of the guys at 411mania. How you gain training in swords, stealth, and magic is also different than in other games.…

There are a couple more hands-on previews of Risen available on the web, thanks to the demonstrations Southpeak has been giving of the upcoming Xbox 360 version. Kotaku starts us off: I was told I would be able to judge…

Both GameSpot and IGN are offering up some new hands-on impressions of the upcoming Xbox 360 version of Piranha Bytes’ Risen.  First, a snip from GameSpot’s article: We saw glimpses of the game’s early goings; a few hours into Risen’s…

At about the 5:45 mark of GameSpot’s latest “On The Spot” episode, Southpeak’s Aubrey Norris provides us with a five-minute demonstration of the upcoming Xbox 360 version of Risen. If you’re more of a Star Trek Online fan, though, you should jump to…

Deep Silver just sent us over a press release announcing that they’ll be publishing the Xbox 360 version of Risen in North America, and that the consolized edition will be on store shelves sometime in February. DEEP SILVER TO PUBLISH…

Evil Avatar brings us their review of Risen, and it’s one of the more favorable ones we’ve seen to date. With a score of 4.5/5, here’s their conclusion: Risen is a carefully crafted gem and the developers obviously have a…

WorthPlaying has conjured up their own review of Risen, during which they point out many of the same strengths and weaknesses we’ve been reading about for awhile before slapping a score of 7.1/10 to it. There’s no real way around…

The guys at Resolution Magazine are spotlighting their favorite video games of 2009, and today’s entry just happens to be Piranha Bytes’ Risen.  It’s good to see this one getting exposure from more than just RPG-specific websites: What’s impressive about…

RPG Codex tosses their two cents in the Risen opinion hat, noting that Piranha Bytes’ latest RPG is a “worthy successor to the Gothic series”. Now that we’re done with the background, I believe it’s time to focus on the meat of the…