interactive entertainment founded 12 october 1997 ; 18 years ago 1997 10 12 headquarters essen ruhrgebiet germany key people michael r ve managing director michael hoge former project director bj rn pankratz project director products gothic series risen series number of employees 25 2015 1 website www.piranha bytes.com piranha bytes is a german video game developer known for their gothic role playing video game series . contents 1 history 2 games developed 3 references 4 external links history edit on 12 october 1997 as part of the development of the video game gothic the piranha bytes software gmbh was founded by alex brueggemann michael hoge stefan nyul and tom putzki . in 1999 the piranha bytes software gmbh became a wholly owned subsidiary of phenomedia ag . after a financial scandal and the bankruptcy of the parent company in 2002 the rights to the gothic video games and brands were transferred by mbo to the newly founded pluto 13 gmbh . all shareholders are employees of pluto 13 gmbh . 1 on 22 may 2007 piranha bytes announced the separation from her former publisher jowood . the addon gothic 3 forsaken gods was the first game of the gothic series not developed by piranha bytes . on 18 june 2007 it was announced that piranha bytes and deep silver games label of koch media will co operate in the future . after jowood entertainment went bankrupt in 2011 piranha bytes started a new distribution agreement with the company that acquired jowood nordic games gmbh . at gamescom 2010 risen 2 dark waters was announced ; it was released on 27 april 2012 . 2 a sequel risen 3 titan lords was released on 12 august 2014 . in july 2015 piranha bytes announced an upcoming sci fi rpg known as elex which will be published by nordic games . 3 games developed edit year title platform s ps3 ps4 win x360 xone 2001 gothic no no yes no no 2002 gothic ii no no yes no no 2003 gothic ii night of the raven no no yes no no 2006 gothic 3 no no yes no no 2008 gothic 3 forsaken gods no no yes no no 2009 risen no no yes yes no 2012 risen 2 dark waters yes no yes yes no 2014 risen 3 titan lords yes yes yes yes no 2017 elex no yes yes no yes references edit a b pluto 13 gmbh piranha bytes http www.worldofrisen.de elex is the next game from the studio behind risen . polygon . retrieved 31 may 2016 . external links edit official website authority control worldcat identities viaf 155186085 bnf cb15548957x data this european video game corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title piranha bytes & oldid 736415479 categories companies established in 1997video game companies of germanyvideo game development companieseuropean video game company stubshidden categories use dmy dates from march 2016wikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with bnf identifiersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages e tinadeutschespa olfran aisitalianomagyarnederlandspolski sloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 27 august 2016 at 09 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view