PC

A Fantasy RPG Sails Into Pirate-Infested Waters With Risen 2

Deep Silver has a game forthcoming that features islands, water and people in pirate costumes, and it ain’t Dead Island. No, it is Risen 2: Dark Waters, the sequel to a game that was a fantasy RPG.


January 30, 2010

Another Impossible Preview

The people who showed me the upcoming Xbox 360 port of role-playing game Risen this week told me their game could be sped through in 30 hours, savoured in 90. But to check it out early, I only had one.


October 1, 2009

There Are Those Who Watch The Risen Launch Trailer

“Humanity is dying.” Well that can’t be good. Someone should probably do something about that. Perhaps the protagonist of Risen is up to the task?


September 26, 2009

New Risen Trailer — We Swear Famous People Are In This Game

You’d think if a developer shelled out to have Andy Serkis and John Rhys-Davies in their voice cast that they’d make use of the heavy-hitters in their trailer.


August 14, 2009
News

Australia’s Video Game Classification Is “A Joke”

Kotaku AU

That’s the view of Tom Crago, president of the Game Developers Association of Australia. Crago says it makes us the butt of a lot of jokes within the industry.


August 13, 2009
News

Gimli And Gollum Voice Risen

It’s a Lord of the Rings reunion on the PC and Xbox 360, as Andy Serkis and John Rhys Davies join the voice cast of Piranha Byte’s next big role-playing game, Risen.


August 11, 2009
News

RPG Banned In Australia, Sex And Drugs To Blame?

Kotaku AU

The new role-playing game from Gothic developer Piranha Bytes has been refused classification in Australia.


July 29, 2009

Risen Trailer Flaunts Symphonic Gothic Metal

This new trailer for Piranha Bytes’ RPG Risen features music by Nightwish, “the most successful symphonic/gothic metal band world-wide.” I’m not sure what that means.


July 3, 2009
News

Risen Rises In October

Piranha Bytes’ latest RPG for the Xbox 360 and PC is gearing up for an October release, with three separate quality assurance teams assuring Risen’s quality as we speak.


June 9, 2009

Risen Screens Rise To The Fore

Piranha Bytes’ latest roleplaying game might not have made it to E3 this year, but that doesn’t mean Risen can’t join the asset explosion with a slew of new screenshots.