| Info | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action RPG |
| Developer | Alkimia Interactive, Gate21 (3D models and faces) |
| Publisher | THQ Nordic |
| Distributors | Undisclosed |
| Release date | Undisclosed |
| Sales | N/A |
| Reception | N/A |
| Platforms | PC Playstation 5 XboX Series X |
| Requirements | CPU: Unknown RAM: 8GB GPU: Unknown Disk: 30GB of free space Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit |
| Media | Digital |
| Current version | N/A |
Gothic Remake is the upcoming action RPG game developed by Alkimia Interactive under its publisher THQ Nordic. It is meant to be a complete remake of the first game in the series.
Timeline
On December 13th THQ Nordic released a game developed by THQ Nordic Barcelona called Gothic Playable Teaser. It was a short demo containing the starting area of the Valley of Mines with new graphics, modernized mechanics and brand new content unseen in the original game. The game came with a survey that the players could use to provide feedback or whether the project should be continued at all.
On February 19th THQ Nordic announced that the teaser was well received by the players and that the development of the full game has begun. Survey results were published, revealing the opinions of the community about the teaser's aspects and the demographics.
A podcast with Reinhard Pollice took place on the 19th of July 2020 which shed some light about the game's development:
- Everything from Gothic Playable Teaser will be changed to more closely resemble the original.
- They want to make useless objects like benches more significant and more immersive.
- The strategic approach to fights in the teaser lacked the Gothic spirit and didn't work well against animals.
- The developers are making multiple prototypes of fighting system – it will be more tactical rather than action oriented.
- Eating and drinking will have animations as opposed to the teaser.
- The developers have a list of new ideas which are discussed whether they belong to Gothic or not.
- The dissonance between the player and the hero in terms of in-game information will be reduced. The Nameless Hero will no longer talk to himself.
- It has not yet been established, but the developers do not want to re-record the dialogues from the original, as the classic dubbing appears to be very iconic for many fans of the game.
- The developer team consists of around 20-25 people.
On March 11th 2021 the Spanish studio Alkimia Interactive was confirmed to be the team behind the development. Four days later, during the 20th anniversary of Gothic, they released a concept art of a redesigned Scavenger on their official Twitter and Discord, and the game itself got its own page on Steam, which contained five screenshots depicting the current state of development.
On November 30th 2021 the studio confirmed that the development is still active, adding that there are 35 people working on the game. A Minecrawler concept art was also presented.
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Scavenger
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Alkimia Interactive
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Minecrawler
A first trailer was presented on August 2nd 2022. It depicted the Old Mine and minecrawlers which attacked two diggers. It was also announced that the studio Gate21 is behind 3D modelling and faces. On 18th of August it was said on Alkimia Interactive's official Twitter account that the music in the trailer was composed by Isaak "Orkz" Renn. 25th of August it was revealed that it was merely an anagram of the composer's real name: Kai Rosenkranz, who is known for making the music of the original game. That same day a Q&A took place, in which Kai answered people's questions, which revealed that:
- New dialogues will be recorded with original voice actors if possible.
- The map will remain the same size but existing locations might be slightly altered. It is possible that a few minor locations might be added.
- The Old Mine is pretty much finished, but NPCs are still being worked on.
- It was confirmed that the Remake will contain the original soundtrack remade as well as brand new tracks. It was originally a mix of orchestral and digital music, but currently Kai leans towards purely digital design.
On September 17th 2022 the German site Gamestar.de received an exclusive set of screenshots[1] of the development. They depicted the interiors of certain buildings of the castle, some fragments of the outer ring and the arena of the Old Camp. Besides that, some redesigned armors were revealed, including armors of the guards from the Old Camp and armors from the Sect Camp. Two months later, 4th of November a concept art of a Bloodfly was unveiled, then 14 day later goblins were also revealed.
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Bloodfly
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Goblins
23th of December 2022 the Old Camp was shown in more detail along with short demo of Kai Rosenkranz's remade soundtrack. The studio renewed their communication with the fans on 27th January 2023 while revealing a concept art of a Molerat.
Another interview with Reinhard Pollice took place at the end of february, the director of business and product development and the head of Alkimia Interactive studio. It revealed that the game is 50% finished and the magic system was slightly redesigned. Few days later, 24th of february, a concept art of Harpy was released.
1st April 2023 a screenshot was released, which presented the use of "Barrel Rain" spell, which was to be featured in Gothic Remake. It turned out to be an april fools joke. Few weeks later, 31th of may, a first episode of Gothic Remake Podcast was released, where Kai Rosenkranz and Reinhard Pollice were discussing the development of the game and presented some of the new soundtrack.
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Molerat
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Harpy
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Barrel Rain
30th of June 2023 a concept art of Skeleton Mage was revealed. 21 of July saw the release of a second Gothic Remake Podcast. It was revealed that the system of forging weapons will be improved, the arena will be put to greater use by involving new quests and fighting animals. There will also be an ability to make arrows and later chapters will be more rich in sidequests, while the existing ones will be rewritten to adjust for the plot holes. It was confirmed that the remake will not implement shields and helmets, and the dialogues will be recorded from scratch. At the end of the podcast a Night in the Old Camp track was revealed.
9th of August a screenshot presenting a life in the Old Camp was published. Two days later, at the Digital Showcase a second trailer was revealed, which showed an unknown digger living his everyday life in the Old Camp. Another news came to light during 21th of August, where the developers shared redesigned Raven.
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Life in the Old Camp
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Raven
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Skeleton Mage
30 of August saw the release of a screenshot depcting Nyras during his first day in the colony. A day later Techradar.com publish an article containing some information about the contents of Gothic Remake. It was confirmed that the release date is late 2024, and the game world will be bigger by 30% compared to original, also revealing redesigned Diego.
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Valley of Mines
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Nyras Demo Gameplay
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Diego
22th of December is the day a third episode of Gothic Remake Podcast was released. The developers discussed the trailer showing the Old Camp and the playable demo that was released to the press. Few questions from the fans were answered, then two days later, 24th of December, a concept art of Swampshark is released.
31th January 2024, a sneakpeek of a Fire Lizard was revealed in the official Discord server.
26th February 2024 a new design for a Demon was unveiled.
Gallery
See Gothic Playable Teaser#Gallery
Screenshots
Character renders
Monster renders
Armor renders
Weapon renders
April's Fools images
Other
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Demos
Promotion
See also
Gothic Remake pre-release materials
- ↑ the screenshot were not shown to the public, however
