{"id":3125,"date":"2024-07-08T16:07:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldclassservers.net\/blog\/2024\/07\/08\/gothic-risen-and-elex-dev-piranha-bytes-reportedly-the-latest-embracer-studio-to-shut-down\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:07:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:07:57","slug":"gothic-risen-and-elex-dev-piranha-bytes-reportedly-the-latest-embracer-studio-to-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/07\/08\/gothic-risen-and-elex-dev-piranha-bytes-reportedly-the-latest-embracer-studio-to-shut-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Gothic, Risen, and Elex Dev Piranha Bytes Reportedly the Latest Embracer Studio to Shut Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The closure of Embracer-owned studios continues \u2014 this time it\u2019s developer Piranha Bytes that\u2019s reportedly shut down.<\/p>\n<p>German studio Piranha Bytes was founded in 1997 and changed hands a number of times before it found its way to Embracer via publisher THQ Nordic in 2019. Piranha Bytes is perhaps best-known for developing fantasy role-playing series Gothic and Risen, but in recent years it released science fiction role-playing games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/elex\">Elex<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/elex-ii\">Elex 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Piranha Bytes acknowledged it was in a \u201cdifficult situation\u201d amid devastating cuts and layoffs at embattled parent company Embracer. At the time, Piranha Bytes said it was trying to find a partner for its next project, apparently not with Embracer.<\/p>\n<p>According to German website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamestar.de\/artikel\/piranha-bytes-zukunft-bjoern-pankratz-pithead-studio,3416007.html\">GameStar<\/a>, Piranha Bytes shut down at the end of June. IGN has asked Embracer for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, two former Piranha Bytes developers, Bj\u00f6rn Pankratz and Jennifer Pankratz, have formed a new indie called Pithead Studio and kicked off a video series that promises to reveal what went down during the studio\u2019s final months.<\/p>\n<p>With Pithead Studio we have founded a new indie studio.<br \/>In the future we will develop immersive and fantastic indie games.<\/p>\n<p>Curious? Then take a look at our latest video.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qTTwtLqtnm\">https:\/\/t.co\/qTTwtLqtnm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please spread the word!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pithead?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pithead<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pitheadstudio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pitheadstudio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/indiedev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#indiedev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oCzXAKKwtJ\">pic.twitter.com\/oCzXAKKwtJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pithead Studio (@PitheadStudio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PitheadStudio\/status\/1810222288484389201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The closure is the latest in a long line of Embracer shutdowns that have come over the last two years. In June, Embracer shut down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/alone-in-the-dark\">Alone in the Dark<\/a> developer Pieces Interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/embracer-shuts-down-alone-in-the-dark-developer-pieces-interactive\">after the game failed to meet expectations<\/a>. Embracer has also shut down the studios behind Saints Row and Timesplitters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/take-two-buys-gearbox-from-embracer-confirms-development-on-new-borderlands-game\">sold the likes of Borderlands developer Gearbox Software<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/saber-interactive-splits-from-embracer-taking-38-video-game-projects-with-it\">Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic remake studio Saber Interactive<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/embracer-splitting-into-three-companies-middle-earth-enterprises-friends-coffee-stain-friends-and-asmodee-group\">split into three separate companies<\/a> in a bid to secure its future.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The closure of Embracer-owned studios continues \u2014 this time it\u2019s developer Piranha Bytes that\u2019s reportedly shut down. German studio Piranha Bytes was founded in 1997 and changed hands a number of times before it found its way to Embracer via publisher THQ Nordic in 2019. Piranha Bytes is perhaps best-known for developing fantasy role-playing series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gothic, Risen, and Elex Dev Piranha Bytes Reportedly the Latest Embracer Studio to Shut Down - Next Level News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stay on top of the gaming world with Next Level News. 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