Gothic 4 announced for PS3, sans developer Pluto 13

by Nick Doerr { May 23rd 2007 at 5:30PM }

The long-running action-RPG series has recently undergone some serious negotiations with new developers, says Australian publisher JoWood. The series used to be handled by Pluto 13 (or Pirahna Bytes), but they've gone bye-bye. The new developer hasn't been named yet, so we don't know much about if the gameplay will change at all, graphical direction, quality, whatever.

Usually, this wouldn't matter to console owners at all since the Gothic franchise has historically been a PC exclusive. However, this latest iteration is scheduled for consoles as well as PC. Since most console owners probably haven't played it, the game is fairly nonlinear. Free-roam, do what you want, make allies with whoever and kill whatever. It's sort of like Fable, we guess. Or Elder Scrolls. Gothic titles generally have a lot of bugs that simply don't get fixed -- we hope they take better care of the game when they put it on consoles. Anyone played the other games? Think this'll translate well onto consoles?

Tags: Gothic, Gothic 4, Gothic IV, Gothic4, GothicIv, JoWood, Microsoft, PC, PlayStation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360, Xbox360

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

BlackBeltJones @ May 23rd 2007 6:01PM

This is popular in Europe right? I don't know any one in North America that has ever played Gothic.

Bored @ May 23rd 2007 6:41PM

Never heard of anybody playing this in Europe either.

Doesn't interest me.

Popfrogs @ May 23rd 2007 6:49PM

Can we get a mod to delete the spam comment at #1?

Archmaester @ May 23rd 2007 11:05PM

Who cares... Warhawk Bete tomorrow!!!!!!!

massive_98 @ May 23rd 2007 8:03PM

I am so dissapointed with Sony. I switched from the Xbox brand to get a PS3. All I wanted was to play a little bit of Warhawk beta fun but I don't even get a chance.

I am so dissapointed. Sony if your reading this my email is well_hat@hotmail.com
I would absolutly love to be in that Beta.
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I have never heard of this game. Doesn't look that bad though.

Zta @ May 24th 2007 2:33AM

The only bad thing I have to put on the PS3 is that it makes too much noise. It's a known problem for most of the Scandinavian PS3s. If only Sony would admit they've fucked up and replace the broken PS3s with a silent one, the world would finally be at peace.

But it's good to finally see a good Fantasy RPG for the console. Many gamers say it can't be done on a console, but of course it can. Besides, playing games at 1920x1080p from your couch beats the PC with its low-res monitor at any time ;)

rfom @ May 24th 2007 8:18AM

Billy Smith
360 better in "traditional gameplay"? Is that the new name coined by xbots for generic, alien-hating, plays-better-on-PC shooter titles?
And the E3 2006 beta was about, one year back? Did you see recent playvids? Or rather check out the recent Halo 3 demos "looks like Halo 2" with just 4 months to go.

TheSh0wstopper @ May 24th 2007 8:56AM

@ZTA
Wow thats pretty funny you say that. One thing I like about my PS3 and not my 360is that it is super quiet. Everytime I turn on my 360it sounds like a Jumbo Jet is landing in my room, but I cant tell if my PS3 is on or off. Superior Hardware beyond a shadow of a doubt, software... well thats a different story.

TheSh0wstopper