Company News Piranha Bytes has shut down, Bjorn and Jenny Pankratz found new company Pithead Studio

[Stavrophore]

Haven't they sold all the rights to gothic and gothic remake was then done by thq nordic? Not really much loss, since their latest games[Elex, Elex 2] were mediocre.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

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[Jaesun]

Haven't they sold all the rights to gothic and gothic remake was then done by thq nordic? Not really much loss, since their latest games[Elex, Elex 2] were mediocre.

I was just checking and yes Gothic™ is owned by THQ NORDIC AB. Oddly ELEX™ is owned by Beijing Elex Technology Co.,Ltd whatever the fuck that is.

 

[Lexx]

Oddly ELEX™ is owned by Beijing Elex Technology Co.,Ltd whatever the fuck that is.

Probably just some IP holder in case the company goes belly up, then the Elex IP still belongs to them since technically it is not owned by PB. I think Obsidian did the same with Deadfire and Co. before they got sold to Microsoft?

 

[Skinwalker]

It's the same thing with bands, authors, any artist, and everything, really. Things have their golden period, then they plateau, and there's only one way from there.

Once again, I present to you: FromSoftware. Still remaking that good old Demon Souls, to ever-increasing success.

There is nothing whatsoever preventing a competent team of developers from creating a game that is very similar in quality and style to Gothic 1&2. "But it's current_year" is not the factor you think it is.

 

[Infinitron]

Haven't they sold all the rights to gothic and gothic remake was then done by thq nordic? Not really much loss, since their latest games[Elex, Elex 2] were mediocre.

I was just checking and yes Gothic™ is owned by THQ NORDIC AB. Oddly ELEX™ is owned by Beijing Elex Technology Co.,Ltd whatever the fuck that is.

That's a different trademark. The video game ELEX (in all caps) is owned by THQ Nordic: https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/014106199

 

[Tyranicon]

Their first game will be called Gothicc.

I might steal this.

 

[Konjad]

Oddly ELEX™ is owned by Beijing Elex Technology Co.,Ltd whatever the fuck that is.

Chinese are making the real ELEX already.

 

[Tavernking]

Infinitron please take this "ö" and kindly correct "Bjorn" to the correct "Björn".

On topic: Even though PB has been washed up for more than a decade, it's still sad to see them go. I have little hope in Pithead studios as I don't think that Björn and Jenny Pankratz understand what made Gothic 1 and 2 so great.

Tavar please take this "ö" and kindly stick it up your öss

 

[MurkyShadow]

They could always go the Jeff Vogel route

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[or they could make Not-Gothic 3

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9YgaQOyNVBw&pp=ygUHbm90Z3Rhdg==

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