[Official] Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition available on gog.com 29.01.2012 um 20:46 As the nameless hero it is your task to reconcile the warring parties and bring peace to the land Myrtana. The open world you can explore in any fashion you see fit. The fighting system has been revised and the main story and many sidequests are sure to keep you occupied for hours. This is the Enhanced Edition, which fixes many major bugs, improves the overall gameplay, and even includes some improved graphics and effects. The G3 Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition was made possible by a great effort of the G3 Community Patch Team. On gog.com you can get it DRM-Free. Related Links: New Release: Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition Discussion in our forum

[Official] New and last patch for Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition released 21.12.2011 um 22:33 Shortly before Christmas the Community Patch Team (CPT), also known as "Mad Vulture Games" has released their last patch for the Enhanced Edition of Forsaken Gods. The patch has been produced in collaboration with Nordic Games and solves a number of bugs, including a few important ones, which were present in the Enhanced Edition. The patch has not been released until today, because the team has enjoyed a well-deserved break after their work on the Enhanced Edition. The perseverance of the team is truly remarkable! In the german WoG forum RoiDanton of the CPT has stated that no decision has yet been taken on another patch for the original Gothic 3 game: "Like said, we have been thinking about this. But no final decision has been made. We will once again take a small break, it's Christmas after all." In our forum you can read the complete changelog. Related Links: Wog Forum: News, changelog and download Mad Vulture Games website Nordic Games website

[Official] Gothic 3 at gog.com 07.12.2011 um 00:46 The computer game sale and distribution service Good Old Games (gog.com) announced, that Gothic 3 is now available on GOG. The game ist patched to version 1.6 and costs 9,99$. The bundle contains the game in English and the manual as well as wallpaper, soundtrack, avatars and artworks. As always the download at GOG is completely free of DRM. Related Links: News at gog.com

[Community] Gothic 3 Story Project Advent Calendar 2011 05.12.2011 um 20:41 Every day, from the 1th of December until Christmas Eve, the CSP will post interesting bits an pieces about the Story Project on its website. Every new day they will post a new Advent Calendar item containing a screenshot, a little story, a gobbet from the Mod or another impression of the CSP. For an overview of all the Advent Calendar items just follow the link below. As an example of what you will find on the CSP website we post one screenshot here of .... a pirate named Moeller. Related Links: CSP Advent Calendar Discussion in our forum

[Community] Gothic 3 Story Project Advent Calendar 2011 coming soon! 27.11.2011 um 20:49 "Once again Christmas is coming. And once again we want to give you a present to this event. After all the positive reactions to last years special, we decided to compose another Advent calendar that will present you a screenshot, a little story, a gobbet from the Mod or another impression of the CSP every day from 1. December until Christmas Eve. By doing so, we hope to sweeten the waiting time until Christmas and the release of our Mod for you." To learn more please follow the link below! Related Links: News on the CSP homepage Discussion in our forum

[Editing] New version of Gothic 3 Content-Mod released 16.10.2011 um 22:22 A new version of the Gothic3 content mod has become available. And again, the creators of the mod prove that it is possible to modify Gothic 3 thoroughly without using a mod kit. Originally, the idea and the goal of the mod were to adapt the atmosphere of the game to create a Gothic 2-feeling. Which worked out quite well: texture packages, sounds and a lot of content were integrated. As the modding project progressed, an impressive piece of work was created, which doesn't focus just on Gothic 2 anymore, but also includes a whole lot of other changes. Version 2.3 of the mod comes with many changes, new things, extras, and improvements. To download the mod (international version) follow the link below. Related Links: To the download (german WoG) Discussion in our forum

[Community] Signs of life from the Gothic 3 Community Story Project 21.09.2011 um 23:17 To put an end to all the questions: No, the Story Project is not dead, you can be sure about that! Although the Story Team were hard at work playtesting the game last month, the project has registered great progress. Some particularly nice screenshots that showcase all the things which were modified about the game world and its inhabitants can now be viewed on their homepage. For more information and the screenshots check out the CSP homepage! Related Links: Community Story Project Homepage Discussion in our forum

[Article] GameStar Interview with Mike Hoge from Piranha Bytes 27.05.2011 um 22:01 Mike Hoge currently works for Piranha Bytes as a project leader. He was also responsible for Gothic 3. GameStar had an interview with him that appeared in the paper magazine (06/2011). The English translation is now available for you here on World of Gothic! Related Links: GameStar Interview with Mike Hoge (English translation) on WoG

[Article] Pyranha Bytes’ Michael Rüve talks about the Gothic-fans 20.05.2011 um 23:14 During an interview with Michael Rüve, managing director of Pyranha Bytes, PC Games asked him a few questions about the devotion of the fans as well as their critical attitude. PC Games : How do you explain the enormous ability to suffer of the Gothic-fans, who have almost worshipped the third part despite the many problems. Fans who have chosen it several times as ‘Game of the Year’, and who have even taken the development of patches into their own hands. Michael Rüve : Apparently it wasn’t that bad, the way it was made. Somebody once described Gothic 3 as a crude diamond, with respect to the technique. It seems others also saw it like that, and have gone over it with their polishing tools. PC Games : At times JoWood and Piranha Bytes were quite heavily criticised by their own fans. Were there moments, during which you saw yourself pilloried wrongfully ? Michael Rüve : In some cases, yes. But those were isolated opinions, which appear everywhere during some time. But usually not. We are no saints. But in the end, isn’t it better for the creator of a piece of work, when it is being exposed to justified criticism, compared to when just no person shows any interest for it ? The whole interview (in German) is available on the website of PC Games. It also includes questions about the relationship with JoWood and the future of Gothic. Related Links: The interview with Michael Rüve by PC Games (in German) Discussion in our forum Read the whole interview in English here on WoG!

[Article] Why Piranha Bytes and JoWood went separate ways 05.05.2011 um 21:35 Gothic 3 scored only 8/10 because developer JoWooD "forced" the game's release when it was "not ready", developer Piranha Bytes has revealed to Eurogamer. That was the final nail in the coffin: Piranha Bytes walked away from its long-term publisher partner and the renowned RPG series it had created. You can read the whole article on eurogamer.net Related Links: The article on eurogamer.net Discussion in our forum