Submitted 9 months ago by weeahnn@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://twistedvoxel.com/elex-3-canceled-developer-piranha-bytes-closed-down/
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10831301
Piranha Bytes’ upcoming science fantasy-themed action role-playing game, Elex 3, may have been canceled, and the studio possibly closed down.
Absolute shite news tbh, even if I wasn’t a fan of anything after Risen 1 it still sucks to see them go.
This hurts to read.
Their games were rough around the edges but sure as hell showed a lot of passion. The lore and attention to detail that went into their worlds were unparalleled, especially in the open world genre where lots of content is just generic copy-pasted fetch quests or mindlessly following the Ubisoft formula.
Saw the headline, wondered what had happened, and then saw that they were owned by Embracer. It's a shame to see them go. Gothic has been on my list of series to try for a while now and the Elex games looked interesting.
The good old embrace of death…
Well shit :( I really liked the Elex games, jank and all!
Oh no. The Click4Gameplay guy had me excited about their games. youtube.com/@click4gameplay
avater@lemmy.world 9 months ago
oh no. As a german this is really hitting me. One of the last “legendary” game developers here, with a very particular style and history.
weeahnn@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yeah, the Gothic series was, and still is one of my favorite game series ever made.