Overview
The company was founded as
Piranha Bytes Software GmbH in 1997 in Germany. The team became known internationally because of the
Gothic RPG series.
In 1999 the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Phenomedia AG. The company itself is now defunct, but all the assets, trademarks and most of the staff were moved to
Pluto 13 GmbH when it was founded in September 2002. Although Pluto 13 is now the actual company, Piranha Bytes is still used as a label and the moniker of the development studio.
After the release of
Gothic 3 in 2006, the development team split from
JoWood, their publisher at the time. Pluto 13 and Piranha Bytes now no longer own the name
Gothic and the franchise itself, which was officially confirmed on 6th June 2007.
The team went on to develop
Risen, the spiritual successor to the Gothic series, which was released in 2009. The series was continued with two sequels
Risen 2: Dark Waters in 2012 and
Risen 3: Titan Lords in 2014.
2017 saw the release of the post-apocalyptic RPG
Elex.
In 2019
THQ Nordic fully acquired the company and reincorporated it into Piranha Bytes GmbH.
Also Known As
- Piranha Bytes Software GmbH (from 1997 to Sep, 2002)
- Piranha Bytes GmbH (from 2019 to present) -- Current name
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