Aside from a rather weird request from the ESRB there’s hasn’t been much to report about Risen 2: Dark Waters recently, so it’s certainly refreshing to be able to post some new coverage, even if it essentially retreads old ground.…

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has stepped in on Piranha Bytes and Deep Silver’s Risen 2: Dark Waters cover artwork, noting that it contains too much red which can be interpreted as being an excess of blood, Game Informer reports. The…

We have rounded up two recent previews about Risen 2: Dark Waters’ DLC Treasure Isle, which will be given for free to every player that pre-orders the game. Destructoid: Rather than simply adding another island to the game for a…

Along with new profiles for Maracai Bay and the character Bones, the official Risen 2: Dark Waters website is sporting a new “Hope Emerges” trailer that showcases nearly two minutes of in-game footage. Most of the footage focuses on the…

Another monster profile has reached Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes’ official Risen 2: Dark Waters website, and this time we’re introduced to the “lightning-fast” Firebird. As usual, a small animation accompanies the description: Mysterious screams and dangerous rustlings encompass the…

A selection of nine new screenshots from Piranha Bytes’ Risen 2: Dark Waters hit my inbox this morning, so I’ve uploaded them to our image gallery for everyone’s enjoyment. As expected, they depict pirate- and island-themed environments, characters, and opponents.

PC Gamer is offering a brief new preview centered around Piranha Bytes’ open-world pirate-themed action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters, and come away with mixed feelings from their playthrough: I liked the way paying attention to conversation options in Risen 2…

A fourth “making of” video for Piranha Bytes’ Risen 2: Dark Waters is ready to go, with this entry featuring designer Michael Hoge, storywriter Jennifer Pankratz, and music & sound coordinator Bastian Seelbach discussing the work that went into creating…

Confirming what we already discovered on our own a couple of days ago, Deep Silver shot over a press release late today announcing that Risen fans in the UK will be getting its Dark Waters sequel on April 27th on…

Square Enix already gave us an April 27th release date for PC and a May 22th release date for consoles for North America, which the official website now confirms, and adds that the European console version will follow three days…