Risen and Gothic creator Piranha Bytes have announced a new open-world, roleplaying game called ELEX.
Described as "Ecletic, Lavish, Exhilarating, Xenial," this handcrafted action role-playing experience is a collaborative effort between Piranha Bytes and Darksiders publisher Nordic Games. Both studios call it their "most ambitious' project to date, and looking at the description, I tend to agree.
"ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic science fantasy universe that puts players into a huge, seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action."
“To say we are excited to see this new project unfold in the hands of Piranha Bytes is an understatement. ELEX is going to be edgy, dark, uncompromising, complex, and we love it already,“ said Reinhard Pollice, Business & Product Development Director at Nordic Games.
“Apart from being enthusiastic about the cooperation with Nordic Games, it is great to know, that we will have ample creative freedom with ELEX, which is a very important factor for us” added Björn Pankratz, Game Director at Piranha Bytes. "We can't wait to show you a completely new game experience with a fresh setting, new assets and plenty of possibilities."
ELEX is scheduled to release in Winter 2016/2017 on PC, Xbox One, and PS4. A "vertical slice build" will be shown at Gamescom 2015 with more info to be released "in due time."
