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Back in 2017, THQ Nordic published ELEX, Piranha Bytes' latest action-RPG. And according to this open press release, that par...

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 se...

With the recent announcement of ELEX, Gamestar has wrangled up a nearly fifteen-minute video interview (in German) with the P...

RPGFrance has published an interview with Piranha Bytes veteran Björn Pankratz, the lead game designer on Risen 3: Titan L...

Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters has been released on GOG, in two versions, one that only includes the base game, and one ...

There's an interesting interview with Piranha Bytes' Sascha Henrichs up on World of Games, during which the 3D environment ar...

The folks over at World of Risen have doled out a two-page interview with former Piranha Bytes designer Mathias Filler about ...

While the news is a few days old, we only now learn from fansite World of Risen that Alex Brüggemann, co-founder of Piranh...

With Piranha Bytes celebrating fifteen years of existence, Gamers.de has slapped up a four-page interview that quizzes the co...

Technically, Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters has been available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 since Tuesday here in the U...

Earlier today, Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes sent over a new trailer (that they refer to as a "compendium") that's meant to g...

It's been awhile since we rounded up any reviews for Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters, so I thought I'd kick off yet anoth...

Console gamers waiting for a chance to put Risen 2: Dark Waters through its paces finally have a definitive date to mark on t...

Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes have finally released a playable demo of Risen 2: Dark Waters that allows us to experience an u...

Technically, Risen 2's second set of DLC was released last weekend, but it wasn't until last night that Deep Silver sent over...

It's unclear what the application will actually have us doing and what participation in it will unlock for fans of the series...

I wasn't aware Risen 2: Dark Waters' second story-based DLC, The Air Temple, was slated to be released today, nor have I been...

We've taken a closer look at Piranha Bytes' Treasure Isle DLC for Risen 2: Dark Waters in order to determine if the game's fi...

We have rounded up a few more reviews for Piranha Bytes' kind-of-open-world action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters, the pirate charm...

We have rounded up another handful of rather mixed reviews for Piranha Bytes' latest title, the pirate-focused open-world act...

Some of you might have already noticed that Risen 2: Dark Waters has been updated on Steam recently, and with the patch come ...

The many decisions available to the protagonist in Risen 2: Dark Waters are the subject of this sixth "making of" video for P...

Risen 2: Dark Waters isn't exactly proving itself to be a critical darling, as this last batch of reviews we have rounded up ...

I'm not a fan of putting two titles with very different design tenets against each other in a comparison, but that's what Str...

In case you're hoping for more Risen 2: Dark Waters reviews to read look no further, as we have rounded up yet another batch ...

Mixed reviews keep surfacing for Piranha Bytes' attempt to shift the Risen franchise away from Gothic with pirate themes, Ris...

Deep Silver announced plans to release a Treasure Isle DLC for Risen 2: Dark Waters quite some time ago, but today we receive...

We have rounded up some more reviews for Piranha Bytes' latest effort, the pirate-flavored open-world action-RPG Risen 2: Dar...

Piranha Bytes' latest open-world RPG effort is officially on store shelves, and to celebrate the momentous occasion Deep Silv...

With the addition of Venturo, the characters section on the official Risen 2: Dark Waters website is finally complete. Unfor...

We have another batch of mostly not-so-enthusiastic reviews for Piranha Bytes' latest effort, Risen 2: Dark Waters, the pirat...

With the release of the game four days away, we were given the opportunity to dive into the buccaneer world of Risen 2: Dark ...

Risen 2: Dark Waters is the latest release from Germany-based action/exploration RPG specialist Piranha Bytes. Compared to th...

The first batch of reviews for Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters has surfaced, awarding the open-world pirate-y action-RPG ...

We're just one week away from the PC release of Risen 2: Dark Waters and we have rounded up a couple more previews for those ...

Following the not-so-welcome news that Risen 2: Dark Waters has been delayed on consoles, Deep Silver updated the game's offi...

The release date of Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters on consoles is getting pushed back about three months, as indicated b...

In this fifth episode of Piranha Bytes' "making of" video series for Risen 2: Dark Waters, the team discusses the combat syst...

We are getting close to the release date of the PC version Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters, so in case you are interested...

Just when you thought the evening role-playing newsfeed couldn't get any better, we bring you three brand new gameplay traile...

To brighten up your Sunday evening, we have 10 minutes' worth of pure, untouched gameplay footage from Piranha Bytes' Risen 2...

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...

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has stepped in on Piranha Bytes and Deep Silver's Risen 2: Dark Waters cover artwork...

We have rounded up two recent previews about Risen 2: Dark Waters' DLC Treasure Isle, which will be given for free to every p...

Along with new profiles for Maracai Bay and the character Bones, the official Risen 2: Dark Waters website is sporting a new ...

Another monster profile has reached Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes' official Risen 2: Dark Waters website, and this time we're...

A selection of nine new screenshots from Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters hit my inbox this morning, so I've uploaded them...

PC Gamer is offering a brief new preview centered around Piranha Bytes' open-world pirate-themed action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Wat...

A fourth "making of" video for Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters is ready to go, with this entry featuring designer Michael...

Confirming what we already discovered on our own a couple of days ago, Deep Silver shot over a press release late today annou...

Square Enix already gave us an April 27th release date for PC and a May 22th release date for consoles for North America, whi...

IncGamers is offering an interview with Deep Silver's brand manager Pete Brolly on Piranha Bytes' upcoming sequel to Risen. A...

By way of a new Risen 2: Dark Waters press release sent out this morning, we have a few important announcements to bring to y...

In the event that you're still searching for a few details that we didn't cover in our Risen 2: Dark Waters preview, then you...

We have rounded up quite a few new hands-on previews for Piranha Bytes' pirate-y action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters for your per...

Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes hooked us up with a preview build of Risen 2 last week, and Thomas spent the last several days ...

Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes recently provided us with a preview copy of Risen 2: Dark Waters that covers the game's first t...

A significant number of previews dedicated to Piranha Bytes' open-world action-RPG pirates-and-rum sequel to Risen has surfac...

Official Xbox Magazine is offering a hands-on preview, based on roughly one hour of hands-on time with the title. Here's a sn...

The latest update to hit Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters website describes the Leviathan, a "beast of ter...

GameZone managed to score a five-and-a-half-minute video interview with Deep Silver's Pete Brolly about the pirate-y things w...

The "hardly explored" Sword Coast is the most recent world profile to be added to the official Risen 2 website, and its descr...

With a beta version of Risen 2: Dark Waters making its way to Steam next week (we're actually downloading it for a preview as...

With a beta version of Risen 2: Dark Waters making its way to Steam next week (we're actually downloading it for a preview as...

GameSpot is offering a roughly 5 minutes long video interview with Deep Silver's brand manager Pete Brolly who promises a ful...

Deep Silver has treated us to yet another character profile for Risen 2: Dark Waters, and this time it's for the courageous f...

While I'm certain that the subject of this newsbit will get many people excited at the prospect of beta testing Piranha Bytes...

We have some more coverage available for Piranha Bytes' upcoming pirates-and-rum action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters, starting wi...

An embargo must have lifted recently because previews for Piranha Bytes' pirate-themed sequel to Risen have started to pop up...

Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes have kicked off a new monsters section on the official Risen 2: Dark Waters website, and to get...

One would assume that North America and other parts of Europe will also be getting a Risen 2: Dark Waters collector's edition...

The team at Piranha Bytes continues their series of "Making Of" videos for Risen 2: Dark Waters with this third episode that ...

It seems that Deep Silver believes in offering free pre-order DLC, too, as they've just announced a "Treasure Isle" add-on th...

Hooked Gamers has an interview with Piranha Bytes' Bjorn Pankratz, project director on Risen 2: Dark Waters, in which he talk...

From what I understand the folks at GameStar had the chance to get some time with Piranha Bytes' pirate-y open-world action-R...

RPGamer has put online another fan-powered Q&A, following the one they did in November, and this time they asked the question...

The pirate bride Patty is the latest character to be profiled by the Risen 2: Dark Waters development team, and that means we...

The folks at PCR Online have an interview with Deep Silver senior brand manager Daniel Oberlerchner, which deals with Piranha...

With only a week left in 2011, G4 is already looking ahead at next year's RPG lineup, which includes the likes of Kingdoms of...

In the second installment to Piranha Bytes' "making of" video series for Risen 2: Dark Waters, we learn quite a bit about the...

That pirate-y placeholder image that we had up on our Risen 2: Dark Waters profile page is gone, replaced with the official s...

We have just received a press release in which Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes announce the long-awaited release dates for Rise...

TeamXbox managed to get their hands on an exclusive character profile of Captain Steelbeard, one of the many NPCs we'll be in...

It's been a while since we actually had to report on a preview for Piranha Bytes' pirate-y Risen sequel, so it's certainly a ...

The folks at RPGamer have put online a brief fan-powered Q&A with Deep Silver's senior brand manager Daniel Oberlerchner, on ...

The first episode in a series of "Making Of" videos for Risen 2: Dark Waters is now available, during which Piranha Bytes des...

It seems like the folks at The Average Gamer had the chance to check out an hands-off demonstration for Risen 2: Dark Waters,...

Spong is offering yet another interview with Deep Silver's senior brand manager Daniel Oberlerchner on Piranha Bytes' upcomin...

We have rounded up two new hands-off previews for Piranha Bytes' upcoming pirate-themed sequel to the open-world action-RPG R...

We have rounded up a batch of new previews for Piranha Bytes' upcoming pirate-themed sequel to Risen, although none of them s...

After a period of relative silence some coverage for Risen 2: Dark Waters is starting to surface again, and after a preview f...

Eight new screenshots from Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes' upcoming Risen sequel are on offer over in our image gallery, with ...

It's been a while since the latest coverage for Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters, so it's certainly nice to be able to rep...

The latest to offer a preview for Piranha Bytes' pirate-themed sequel to Risen is GameDynamo, reminding us why there is much ...

Hooked Gamers is the latest publication to offer a preview for Piranha Bytes' sequel to their first non-Gothic title, the pir...

The latest preview for Piranha Bytes' action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters comes from The Gamer's Hub, who had a chance to check b...

The folks at Gaming Lives offer a preview and video interview for Piranha Bytes' upcoming sequel to Risen, both of which tack...

Destructoid offers a fairly brief but informative preview piece on Piranha Bytes' pirate-themed sequel to Risen, which descri...

Overshadowed by the presence of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Piranha Bytes' hardcore open-w...

Piranha Bytes' sequel to Risen is one of the titles that are currently being showcased at GamesCom and, luckily for us, this ...

RPGSite is another one of the websites that had the chance to join Risen 2: Dark Waters' roundtable discussion and presents u...

Although what they offer is more of a summary, RPGamer participated to a roundtable interview about Risen 2: Dark Waters, in ...

In preparation of this month's GamesCom, Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes have launched an official Risen 2: Dark Waters website...

The folks at RPG Codex had the chance to conduct an interview with Björn Pankratz, project director on Risen 2: Dark Water...

Russian fansite Risen2.ru had the chance to talk with Piranha Bytes artist Sascha Henrichs, and luckily for us, offers an Eng...

GameSpot has published a rather interesting and informative 2-pages long Q&A with Deep Silver's senior brand manager Daniel O...

According to an announcement made by Deep Silver's "doberlec" over on the World of Risen forums, Piranha Bytes' pirate-themed...

There hasn't been much in the way of news for Piranha Bytes' open world action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters recently, but luckily...

A couple of new previews have surfaced for Piranha Bytes' open-world action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters, courtesy of this month'...

Despite the fact that it's been more than 2 weeks already since E3, previews and articles based on the event keep coming out,...

While there doesn't seem to be a large amount of coverage for Piranha Bytes' open-world pirate-y action-RPG, we have rounded ...

Although overshadowed by bigger names, Risen 2: Dark Waters received some coverage at the latest E3, in the form of previews ...

We have two new previews for Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters fresh from E3, which give good reasons to keep an eye on the...

Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes have just unleashed a flurry of new E3 screenshots and artwork from Risen 2: Dark Waters, with ...

German video game website GameStar has recently put online a detailed four-pages preview of Piranha Bytes' sequel to Risen, a...

GameReactor managed to corner Deep Silver's brand manager Daniel Oberlechner for a quick video interview, where they discuss ...

Let me pull you away from The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings for a moment to check out these seven new Risen 2: Dark Waters sc...

A selection of seven new screenshots from Risen 2: Dark Waters reached our inbox today, the lot of which we've uploaded to ou...

In addition to some comments from Piranha Bytes co-founder Michael Hoge about the lackluster reception to JoWooD's Arcania: G...

As you may or may not have known, the company behind the recent Risen 2: Dark Waters cinematic trailer was Axis Animation - a...

GameTrailers is hosting a 140-second video interview with Koch Media brand manager Daniel Oberlerchner about Piranha Bytes' f...

Eight more pirate-y screenshots have found their way into our Risen 2: Dark Waters image gallery, with four of the screens de...

The editors at NowGamer have cranked out a brief preview of Risen 2: Dark Waters that primarily points out the differences be...

Deep Silver just hooked us up with an impressive pre-rendered cinematic trailer for Piranha Bytes' Risen 2: Dark Waters, comp...

G4 is the latest website to conjure up a GDC-based preview of Risen 2: Dark Waters, Piranha Bytes' pirate-themed RPG sequel t...

The folks over at Cheat Code Central have put together a preview of Risen 2: Dark Waters, the pirate-focused RPG sequel headi...

A couple more websites have penned their impressions of Piranha Bytes' upcoming Risen sequel, Risen 2: Dark Waters, based on ...

Risen 2: Dark Waters isn't getting a ton of coverage from GDC, but here's a handful of fairly short looks at the upcoming pir...

A press demo of Risen 2: Dark Waters was shown at the GDC, and a couple of sites share their impressions. GameSpot writes on...

Information on Risen 2 is unlikely to make its way to the English-speaking world with any haste, but Russian fansite risen2....

Piranha Bytes has sent out a press release officially announcing the Risen sequel Risen 2: Dark Waters. Additionally, where R...

A user over on NeoGAF has put up a list of details taken from the post on the German World of Players forums sharing tidbits ...

We haven't received a press release or anything yet, but several of our visitors have written in to point out the launch of a...

They haven't issued a press release or anything yet, but during their GamesCom press conference, Deep Silver apparently anno...