Risen 2: Dark Waters Guides & News

Risen 2: Dark Waters

ByVal Hull
OnMay 22, 2019

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…

ByBuckGB
OnAugust 20, 2016

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…

ByBuckGB
OnJuly 23, 2015

Gothic and Risen Series Video Interview and Director Commentary

With the recent announcement of ELEX, Gamestar has wrangled up a nearly fifteen-minute video interview (in German) with the Piranha Bytes team, while also featuring a slideshow of the six previous games across both of the RPG trilogies they have…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnAugust 25, 2014

Risen 3: Titan Lords Interview

RPGFrance has published an interview with Piranha Bytes veteran BjÃ¶rn Pankratz, the lead game designer on Risen 3: Titan Lords. During the course of the interview, BjÃ¶rn talks about Piranha Bytes’ future plans, how Risen 2’s fan feedback influenced the…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 11, 2014

Risen 2: Dark Waters Released on GOG

Piranha Bytes’ Risen 2: Dark Waters has been released on GOG, in two versions, one that only includes the base game, and one with all the DLC. Normally, the base version would cost $19.99 and the Gold Edition $29.99, but…

ByBuckGB
OnSeptember 27, 2013

Gothic and Risen Series Interview

There’s an interesting interview with Piranha Bytes’ Sascha Henrichs up on World of Games, during which the 3D environment artist tackles a considerable number of questions about the work he has done on the Gothic and Risen series of RPGs,…

ByBuckGB
OnMarch 15, 2013

Piranha Bytes Interview

The folks over at World of Risen have doled out a two-page interview with former Piranha Bytes designer Mathias Filler about a range of topics including the video game business as a whole, his current aspirations, the contributions he made…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnJanuary 25, 2013

Piranha Bytes Co-founder Alex BrÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼ggemann Passed Away

While the news is a few days old, we only now learn from fansite World of Risen that Alex BrÃ¼ggemann, co-founder of Piranha Bytes, has passed away. Alex, who had left the team during the development of Gothic 2, had…

ByBuckGB
OnOctober 14, 2012

Piranha Bytes 15-Year Anniversary Interview and Retrospective

With Piranha Bytes celebrating fifteen years of existence, Gamers.de has slapped up a four-page interview that quizzes the company about their development history and some of the great and unfortunate design decisions that were made along the way: Gamers.de: A…

ByBuckGB
OnAugust 3, 2012

Risen 2: Dark Waters Released on Xbox 360 and PS3

Technically, Piranha Bytes’ Risen 2: Dark Waters has been available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 since Tuesday here in the US, but it wasn’t until today that we received a new trailer announcing the post-PC launch of the RPG…