Risen

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GAME INFO
publisher: Deep Silver
developer: Piranha Bytes
genre: RPG

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
PIV 2000, 1GB RAM, 5GB HDD, 256MB video card

ESRB rating: M
homepage:
http://risen.deepsilver.com/

release date: Oct 02, 09 (released)

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ACTIONTRIP'S REVIEW Piranha Bytes is one of those developers we like to hold in high regard no matter how many cock-ups they had over the years. The reason we think they're a capable team is because of the original Gothic and Gothic 2. On the other hand, Gothic 3 proved to be too ambitious and a failed attempted to make a stand in an era dominated by open-world RPGs the likes of Oblivion...

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PATCHES	size	date
v1.10 Patch	180MB	Mar 18, 10

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	Launch Trailer 1:38		Cinematic Trailer 0:41
	Making of Trailer 9:44		'Night Wish' Trailer

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»	May 10, 2012 Evenin '12 Sorry for the exceedingly late update, guys. But I've had some unexpected family matter to attend to, which required going out of town for a couple of days. » MORE

»	May 09, 2012 Risen 2: Dark Waters Hm, I fancy a proper single-player RPG. Oh wait, here's a nice-looking one, developed by Piranha Bytes. Yes, those guys responsible for Risen and the Gothic series. » MORE

»	Apr 26, 2012 Risen 2 Launch Trailer Released Risen 2: Dark Waters is all about pirates. There are pirates a lot of 'em. Okay, I admit it, I just really am not all that crazy about pirates (well, I did enjoy 'Pirates' on the C64. » MORE

»	Apr 24, 2012 Mornin '12 Well into Prototype 2, folks, so expect our review of that pretty soon, in addition to the review of The Witcher 2 (360) and Risen 2 (PC), Botanicula and our Guild Wars 2 hands-on. » MORE

»	Apr 20, 2012 Risen 2 Console Versions Delayed, PC Edition on Track Over a month ago, the good people at Piranha Bytes have revealed that the console versions of their RPG, Risen 2, is going to be released during April. » MORE

Mar 23, 2012

'Hopes Emerge' in Risen 2
Piranha Bytes offers a few more details regarding the story in their forthcoming role-playing game, Risen 2: Dark Waters. Have a peek: Just a bit of a reminder - Risen 2 is slated to arrive on April 24 for PC, while the Xbox 360 and PS3 editions are going to be available on May 22.

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»	Mar 16, 2012 The Music of Risen 2 Continuing their series of Risen 2 'Making Of' videos, the folks at Piranha Bytes talk about what it takes to create in-game music in the upcoming RPG: » MORE

»	Mar 13, 2012 Risen 2 Delayed For Consoles Well, the tables have turned (just for one brief moment). The glorious 'PC master race' will be getting the PC edition of the RPG Risen 2 on April 27. » MORE

»	Feb 03, 2012 Risen 2 'Making Of' Video 3 Piranha Bytes, the development studio behind Risen 2, continue explaining a bit more about their forthcoming RPG. Check it out: Risen 2: Dark Waters is going to be available for purchase on April 24, 2012 for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. » MORE

»	Feb 01, 2012 Risen 2 Screens Are All About Pirates Time for some juicy screens from Risen 2, Piranha Bytes' single-player action RPG: click to view full gallery click to view full gallery Looks better and better with each update. » MORE

»	Dec 14, 2011 Risen 2 Release Date Confirmed Publisher Deep Silver and developer Piranha Bytes (best known for the RPG series, Gothic) have uncovered the launch date for their forthcoming co-project, Risen 2: Dark Waters. » MORE

»	Nov 23, 2011 Steam Autumn Sale Kicks Off Okay, just wanted to share this nice bit of info for Steam users. Valve's digital distribution service has entered its Autumn Sale. Here's a lost of today's offers: Call of Duty: Black Ops. » MORE

»	Oct 21, 2011 Mornin '11 Now that I've risen from the pits of Dark Souls and seen the light of day, I turn my attention towards Might & Magic: Heroes VI, Batman: Arkham City, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, Forza Motorsport 4 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution 'The Missing Link'. » MORE

»	Aug 11, 2011 Risen 2 GamesCom Teaser Various developers and publishers are preparing a range of games to demonstrate at this year's GamesCom (in Cologne, Germany), amongst which is the upcoming action RPG sequel, Risen 2: Dark Waters. » MORE

»	Jun 09, 2011 More E3 2011 Screenshots Check out the latest round of E3 2011 shots: Risen 2 Rayman Origins Dead Island Risen 2 is looking better and better and Dead Island seems to be coming along nicely. » MORE

»	May 12, 2011 New Risen 2 Screenshots Deep Silver and Gothic series creator Piranha Bytes have released brand new screenshots from the upcoming RPG, Risen. Check out the screens below:... » MORE

»	Feb 21, 2011 Risen 2: Dark Waters Uncovered Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes today announced Risen 2: Dark Waters, the sequel to the solid RPG, Risen. Well, I say solid, because it really is a solid RPG and one that I certainly value more than Gothic 4. » MORE

»	Aug 20, 2010 Risen 2 Official The sequel to the 3rd-person action RPG Risen has been announced during Gamecom 2010. Deep Silver officially confirmed that they are co-working with Piranha Bytes to bring Risen 2 to life. » MORE

»	Apr 26, 2010 Arcania: A Gothic Tale Screenshots After last year's action RPG Risen (from Piranha Bytes), gamers will get a chance to dive into another Gothic-like world. Unlike Risen this one, of course, uses the Gothic setting and is being developed by a different team - namely Spellbound. » MORE

»	Mar 18, 2010 Risen PC Patch Released It's been a while since the release of Risen (read our PC review). The developers have released the v1.10 Patch for their RPG. Here are the changes: Update v1. » MORE

»	Dec 24, 2009 Describing 2009 We invite all of you to take part in ActionTrip's new voting poll: Gaming wise, 2009 was: Kick-ass! Ok. Annoyingly mehish. » MORE

»	Nov 24, 2009 Game of the Year 2009 People's Choice I've decided to kick off with the Game of the Year voting poll early this year. There were so many releases and I'm keen to see which one you guys will choose. » MORE

»	Nov 10, 2009 Dragon Age: Origins Well bathe me with experience points and call me a Grey Warden! After such a long, dry season (only slightly refreshed thanks to Risen) we finally get a single-player RPG. » MORE

»	Oct 21, 2009 Mornin '09 Sorry it took me so long to review Risen, people. It's just that I haven't played a good RPG in such a long time, I decided to play this one all the way and it took me a while because I could only play at the office for a few hours daily. » MORE

»	Oct 20, 2009 Risen After so many years of working exclusively on the Gothic series, the dudes at Piranha Bytes return with a fresh IP. It's time for PC gamers to dive into the first single-player RPG in. » MORE

Oct 06, 2009

Risen & L4D2 Conquer PC Sales
Time for another round of PC weekly sales in the US. This time we see pre-orders for Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 take the top spot on Steam's weekly sales chart, while Piranha Bytes' single-player RPG Risen takes the 1st position on D2D's chart: Steam (9/27 - 10/3) by revenue 1.

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»	Sep 28, 2009 Risen Cinematic Teaser Risen hits stores this week, so be prepared. We'll be reviewing that one for sure. In the meantime, check out the cinematic teaser for the upcoming single-player RPG: » MORE

»	Sep 25, 2009 Risen Devs Talk... Risen Piranha Bytes explains more about the ambitions behind their latest project, Risen: » MORE

»	Sep 05, 2009 Mornin '09 Fall has already arrived this side of the water, complete with cold weather, rain and wind... the works. Don't mind this type of weather actually, as long as I have a decent new single-player RPG to go through, which I don't. » MORE

Aug 12, 2009

Risen Gets John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis will be taking the role of The Inquisitor in Piranha Bytes' who has had a long and varied acting career, is "best known for his CG character representations Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong in the movie of the same name.

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»	Aug 11, 2009 Risen Banned Down Under Once again, if you're a gamer and you live in Australia, you're not necessarily a happy person. Australia's videogame classification system is putting a stop to the Australian release of Piranha Bytes' RPG, Risen (thanks Gspot). » MORE

»	Jul 31, 2009 Risen Demo on the Way In addition to revealing the system requirements for the action RPG, Risen, Deep Silver also confirmed that gamers will be able to enjoy a playable demo prior release. » MORE

Jul 30, 2009

Risen System Requirements
Piranha Bytes' RPG Risen is on track for a release on September 1, 2009. The development studio just revealed the system requirements for the PC version (the game is also in the works for the Xbox 360): Required Hardware Specifications: - OS: Win XP - CPU: 2.

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»	Jul 28, 2009 Risen 'Night Wish' Trailer Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes present a brand new trailer for the action RPG, Risen (set for a release this September on the PC and Xbox 360): » MORE

»	Jul 25, 2009 Mornin '09 2lions and I just went through our release dates section, hoping to find something remotely interesting and original. No luck. It's mostly newbie, generic-looking action games, franchise reboots and sequels. » MORE

»	Jul 03, 2009 Risen Release Date Revealed Deep Silver announced that Risen, the upcoming action RPG, will be available for purchase worldwide on October 2, 2009. Piranha Bytes' RPG is currently in Beta phase. » MORE

»	Jun 09, 2009 Risen Shots Finally Show Some Action So far, Piranha Bytes mostly concatenated on showing the lush environments from their forthcoming RPG, Risen. This particular batch of new in-game screens shows a bit more action - so, you'll see characters, enemies and more. » MORE

»	May 12, 2009 New Risen Shots Piranha Bytes release new screenshots from their RPG, Risen. Check it out: click to view full gallery As most of you noticed already, this game borrows plenty of familiar elements from Piranha's Gothic games. » MORE

»	May 07, 2009 Risen Continues 'The Mood' Piranha Bytes continues its series of 'Mood' trailers for the RPG Risen: » MORE

»	Apr 30, 2009 Risen - It's Time For That 'Mood' Thing Again Check out the third 'Mood' trailer for the upcoming RPG, Risen: » MORE

»	Apr 23, 2009 Arcania: A Gothic Tale Screens Arcania: A Gothic Tale seems to be coming along just fine. Take a look at the latest screenshots: click to view full gallery The game is in development at Spellbound and is slated for a winter 2009/2010 release. » MORE

»	Apr 22, 2009 Risen Trailer - Getting Into The Mood Again Piranha Bytes continues to promote their upcoming RPG, Rise, offering the second 'Mood' trailer. Yep, still no action or battles on offer, but I'm sure that will be along in time. » MORE

»	Apr 15, 2009 Risen Trailer, Nice And Peaceful Hm, very serene. I like it. Here, children, we have the the so-called 'Mood' trailer for Piranha Bytes' upcoming RPG, Risen: The game is being developed for PC and Xbox 360 platforms. » MORE

»	Mar 14, 2009 New Risen Screenshots Back in December last year, Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes -- the makers of the Gothic series -- announced Risen, a role-playing game in development for PC and Xbox 360 platforms. » MORE

»	Dec 10, 2008 Gothic Creators Working on Risen, First Screens Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes -- the makers of Gothic 1, 2 and 3 -- today officially announced Risen for the Xbox 360 and PC. This one's apparently targeted at a mature audience and is expected to ship in 2009. » MORE

»	Nov 28, 2007 A Hope For Print Mags? UK-based company Future Publishing just unveiled its preliminary results for the (financial) year ended September 30th, 2007. Although the company saw revenues drop from £188. » MORE

Sep 15, 2007

MS Pampers 'Journos' at Halo 3 Review Event
The latest Halo 3 weekly update retells how the "poor starving journos" were treated to a Halo 3 review session by Bungie. I was here in Kirkland running the West Coast review events, with a couple of dozen video game press luminaries and the odd newspaper filling up our lab.

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»	Jun 28, 2008 Diablo 3 Official! My hands are shaking as I write these words. Blizzard Entertainment finally announced Diablo 3 -- you've read it correctly -- and the preliminary details seem to indicate control improvements, in addition to a hotbar to easily access skills. » MORE

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»	Nov 13, 2007 Alone in the Dark Coming to Wii and PS2 Aside from PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions, Atari's upcoming horror game will also be making its way to the Nintendo Wii and the good old PlayStation 2. This news was officially confirmed today by Atari. » MORE

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