Gothic: Remake is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed by Alkimia Interactive for the systems Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series.
In May 2019, the Austrian computer game publisher THQ Nordic bought the German development studio Piranha Bytes, which were the creators and owners of the Gothic series.
[9][6] Before the start of production, in March 2021, Alkimia Interactive was founded in Barcelona specifically for the development of a Gothic remake.
[12] But as a result of the closure of Piranha Bytes in Winter 23/24, some employees of that team joined the studio Alkimia Interactive and thus the production of the remake.
An algorithm in the game decides which animation sequences are called up or follow one another, so that the movements of the player character (the "nameless hero") and NPCs appear realistic.
According to Reinhard Pollice, the lead producer at Alkimia Interactive, the combat system in the remake is based on the original, in contrast to the playable teaser.
Due to increased design options and higher level of detail since 2001, the game world, which is based on the original, will be 10–30% larger overall.
[9][6] Ideas that Piranha Bytes could not implement during the development of the original, due to a lack of budget and time, were taken up.
[6][17] One narrative difference is that the remake offers more content and lore about the orcs and their culture, and that the player can decide how his general stance towards them is.
[21][22] In order to facilitate and speed up the work process, the faces of NPC were created with deep learning AI.
[25] The game will be voiced in German and English, and due to its large fanbases in Poland and Russia, in Polish and Russian, too.
Text based localizations for Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish are also planned.
[33][34] In February 2023, Alkimia Interactive claimed the development was "in the middle of production and therefore perfectly on schedule", but did not want to commit to a release date.