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ELEX Prologue Trailer Explains The Newest Apocalyptic Future

ELEX Prologue Trailer Explains The Newest Apocalyptic Future

The future is broken in ELEX.

ELEX Interview: Of Jetpacks and Magic

ELEX Interview: Of Jetpacks and Magic

The makers of Gothic and Risen discuss their upcoming new IP.

ELEX, A New Sci Fi RPG From The Developers of Risen, Is Coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC in 2017
Nordic Games Announces New Open World RPG Called ELEX For PC, PS4, Xbox One
Risen 3: Titan Lords Releasing in August

Risen 3: Titan Lords Releasing in August

The pirates' quest will be releasing only for current gen platforms.

Risen 3 Announced, New Screens Released

Risen 3 Announced, New Screens Released

Looks like a big jump from Risen 2: Dark Waters.

Risen 2: Dark Waters Review

Risen 2: Dark Waters Review

From Sid Meier's Pirates! to The Secret of Monkey Island, us gamers have become rather fond of hijinks on the high seas, rum swigging, plank walking and yo ho ho-ing. After all, who doesn't like a goo... Read More

Risen 2: Dark Waters now out for the consoles

Risen 2: Dark Waters now out for the consoles

Risen 2 was released on the PC earlier this year while the console versions were slated to released later, but guess what? Risen 2 is already out! Yup, out on consoles along with extra content as an... Read More

Risen 2: Dark Waters – Choices Trailer

Risen 2: Dark Waters – Choices Trailer

The console versions of Risen 2 offer extra content on both platforms. They contain the episode "The Air Temple" which features several hours of additional gameplay. In this sub-plot the hero embarks ... Read More

Risen 2: Dark Waters – The Bestiary of Arborea Trailer

Risen 2: Dark Waters – The Bestiary of Arborea Trailer

A compendium named "Bestiary of Arborea" now allows a deeper knowledge of the hideous monstrosities that infest the world of Risen 2: Dark Waters.  Since the Titan Lord Mara unleashed her dark pow... Read More

Risen 2: Dark Waters Review

Risen 2: Dark Waters Review

I had a tough time getting Risen 2 to work on Steam, and when I finally managed to do that, the game was simply unplayable and running at 10 fps. Of course, my PC is not at fault here, otherwise I wou... Read More

Piranha Bytes on Risen 2- “We drew inspiration from classics like Monkey Island and Pirates of the Caribbean”

Piranha Bytes on Risen 2- “We drew inspiration from classics like Monkey Island and Pirates of the Caribbean”

Björn Pankratz, Project Director at Piranha Bytes says that Risen 2's pirate setting drew plenty of inspiration from "classics" like Monkey Island, Treasure Island and Pirates of the Caribbean. "N... Read More

Piranha Bytes: Steam popular with gamers, offers a high level of security

Piranha Bytes: Steam popular with gamers, offers a high level of security

Björn Pankratz, Project Director at Piranha Bytes, has mentioned in an interview with GamingBolt that Steam offers a high level of security and is undoubtedly the best digital distribution platform... Read More

Risen 2 Dark Waters – Exclusive Interview With Björn Pankratz, Project Director, Piranha Bytes

Risen 2 Dark Waters – Exclusive Interview With Björn Pankratz, Project Director, Piranha Bytes

We got an exclusive opportunity to speak with Björn Pankratz, Project Director at Piranha Bytes. We have got some interesting details for Risen 2 including the concept behind the game, length and re... Read More

Risen 2: Dark Waters – Hope Emerges Trailer

Risen 2: Dark Waters – Hope Emerges Trailer

Piranha Bytes has released a new trailer for their upcoming action-RPG< Risen 2, and it looks pretty good. The trailer shows plenty of footage and sheds some light on the game's story and setting.... Read More

Risen 2: Dark Waters Preview

Risen 2: Dark Waters Preview

I recently got my hands on a preview build of Risen 2, which contained one-fourth of the game.  Needless to say, I was pretty excited. Risen was one of my most favourite games on the PC, simply bec... Read More

Deep Silver reveals another character from Risen 2: Dark Waters

Deep Silver reveals another character from Risen 2: Dark Waters

Deep Silver has revealed another character from their upcoming pirate RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters, due for UK release April 27. Courageous and full of pride, Chani is the daughter of the chief of... Read More

Pre-order Risen 2: Dark Waters and get a free story DLC

Pre-order Risen 2: Dark Waters and get a free story DLC

Deep Silver today announced a special pre-order bonus that will be available for free for everyone who buys the upcoming RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters before its release at the end of April. The DLC, ... Read More

Risen 2 Gets A New Video – Creating Worlds

Risen 2 Gets A New Video – Creating Worlds

[HTML1] Check out this video from Risen 2 where developer Piranha Bytes talks about the creation of Risen 2's worlds Game Designers Michael Hoge and Björn Pankratz and Story Writer Jennifer Pa... Read More

Risen 2: Dark Waters Gets A New Website and GamesCom Trailer

Risen 2: Dark Waters Gets A New Website and GamesCom Trailer

[HTML1] Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes announced the expanded website for the RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters is now online. In Risen 2: Dark Waters, the Inquisition dispatches the hero to seek a remedy a... Read More