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Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes have released the third episode of the six part making-of series for Risen 2: Dark Waters. Posted below the break, the video discusses the overhaul of the game’s animation system, and well as some of the two to three thousand animations specifically created for the second installment. The video also touches upon combat animations and how it relates to combo attacks, and how for the first time in a Piranha Bytes game, full face animations were used. Risen 2 is out April 24 in the US and on April 27 in Europe for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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Deep Silver has attached a release date to Piranha Bytes’ piratical RPG epic, Risen 2: Dark Waters.

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Piranha Bytes doesn’t let players have access to the ships in Risen 2: Dark Waters straight off the bat, in order to keep them from being overhwlemed by the world’s size.

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Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes are offering RPG lovers a port in the storm with their pirate-centric swashbuckler Risen 2: Dark Waters. Stace Harman jumps aboard and speaks to Deep Silver’s Daniel Oberlerchner.

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Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes have released a gamescome teaser video for Risen 2: Dark Waters. In it, ancient creatures are rising up and you must take a stand against the evil denizens of the deep. The firms also announced today that the official website is finally online with quite a few updates on the game’s world and the unnamed hero starring in it. However, for some reason it won’t let us past the age gate at the moment. There’s no exact date just yet for the game, but it will be released on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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Deep Silver has released a few new screenshots for Piranha Bytes’s Risen 2, which show firearms which are new to the series, as well as new special attacks.

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Voodoo, pirates, eye-patches and fisticuffs. That’s what you’ll get with Risen 2: Dark Waters, apparently, and this pleases us.

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This round of little gaming nibbles contains both “stuff” and “nonsense”, and sometimes both at the same time. It’s the future, you know.

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Deep Silver’s formally announced Risen 2: Dark Waters for consoles and PC.

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A sequel to Deep Silver’s Risen is in the works, apparently.

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Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, announced today that it has cemented the North American publishing rights for the Xbox 360 version of Risen.

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Piranha Bytes has released a hotfix for Risen.

The international patch fixes issues with the gray veil with Nvidia video cards series GeForce 6 and 7.

You can get the patch via FileFront, and The Patches Scrolls.

Piranha Bytes has announced that its RPG Risen has gone gold for PC and will be released on October 2, as expected.

However, its publisher Deep Silver has revealed that the Xbox 360 version has been moved to an early 2010 release.

No reason was given for the delay.

Via Shack.

Andy Serkis and John Rhys Davies head the cast for Piranha Bytes’ latest RPG, Risen.

Serkis takes the role of The Inquisitor, John Rhys Davies performs as Don Esteban, Lena Headey, (Sarah Connor Chronicles) takes the role of Patty.

Fincher is played by Burn Gorman, Brendan Coyle takes the role of Commandant Carlos, Damian O’Hare plays Olf, Simon Greenall plays Luis, Oscar is played by Donald McCorkindale and Stuart Organ plays Brogar.

The Archers actress, Louiza Patikas represents Sara and Timothy Watson from Eastenders and Casualty takes the role of Romanov.

“The quality of the voice casting reflects the quality of the game” stated Koch Meida’s Paul Nicholls. “With such an amazing lineup of talent from movies and TV, there is a voice everyone will recognize; we will attract a new generation of RPG players to the genre”.

Game’s out for PC and Xbox 360 October 2.

Full press release below.

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Piranha Bytes’ newest RPG, Risen, has been refused classification in Australia and the game’s distributor has not decided whether it will appeal the decision or edit the game to get an MA15+ rating.

According to a spokesperson from Madman Interactive, the Classification Board felt the game contained “sexual activity and drug use related to incentives or rewards”.

Over on the North American side, the ESRB’s description of the game says it contains foul language, drug usage, and implied sexual activity at a brothel.

Here’s the description:

During the course of the game, players can interact with prostitutes (referred to as “whores” in the game) at a local brothel. Players can trigger a lengthy dialogue to engage in their services; sexual activity is strongly implied, but never depicted on screen. Many of the characters in the game smoke a fictional drug called “brugleweed.” The “wood reefer” plant is described as having a mild relaxing effect on users, and can be bought, sold, and used by players. Some profanity (e.g., “f*ck” and “sh*t”) can be heard in the dialogue.

Risen’s expected to land on PC and Xbox 360 come October 2.

More over on Kotaku Australia.

Risen is coming to PC and Xbox 360 on October 2, and to get you pumped for it, Piranha Bytes has released a new video for the game.

It shows off the environments, a bit of gameplay and has Nightwish jamming in the background.

Granted, the music seems to fit the theme of the trailer, until Emppu Vuorinen’s speed riffs kick-in.

Still, the game looks lovey so far.

Watch it after the break courtesy of Gamespot.

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