Risen (series)

Risen
Genres	Action role-playing
Developers	Piranha Bytes
Publishers	Deep Silver
Creators	Piranha Bytes
Platforms	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360
Platform of origin	Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
First release	Risen October 2, 2009
Latest release	Risen 3: Titan Lords August 12, 2014

Risen is an action role-playing game franchise, developed by the German company Piranha Bytes under Microsoft Windows and converted by Wizarbox into PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is published and distributed by the German company Deep Silver, a division of Koch Media.

The franchise is close to the three first episodes of the Gothic franchise, also developed by Piranha Bytes.

Games

The games in the Risen franchise are:

• Risen (2009)
• Risen 2: Dark Waters (2012)
• Risen 3: Titan Lords (2014)

Risen

• Developer: Piranha Bytes
• Publisher: Deep Silver
• Platform: Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
• Release Date: October 2, 2009 (international version)
• Graphic Engine: Internal development by Piranha Bytes

The audio of the international version is multilingual: German, English and French. More than 200,000 copies of the first game were sold in Germany.

Risen 2: Dark Waters

• Developer: Piranha Bytes
• Publisher: Deep Silver
• Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
• Release Date: April 27, 2012
• Graphic Engine: Internal development by Piranha Bytes

Risen 3: Titan Lords

• Developer: Piranha Bytes
• Publisher: Deep Silver
• Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360
• Release Date: August 12, 2014
• Graphic Engine: Internal development by Piranha Bytes

See also

• Gothic, a similar franchise by the same developer.

References

External links

• (English) Piranha Bytes web site
• (French) Communauté francophone de la série Gothic/Risen