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THQ Nordic reveal new studio making Gothic Remake
THQ Nordic announced today that they’ve established a new studio to makeGothic Remake, a fancy modern take on the fantasy RPG from 2001. This is the do-over they first revealed witha ‘playable teaser’in 2019, which they released supposedly to gauge whether it was worth continuing. Based in Barcelona, Alkimia Interactive actually started up in summer 2020, but now THQ Nordic are out here shouting about the paperwork being settled.
Gothic - Playable Teaser - TrailerWatch on YouTube
Gothic - Playable Teaser - Trailer
Today’s announcementsays, “Development is well underway and the first results from all of the hard work the team has put in will be revealed in the next couple of months.” Mate you don’t need to wait until June, NotE3 runs all year now, you can show it at 3am on a Thursday if you want, we’ve no rules anymore. After this is done, the plan is for them to make more RPGs.
The 2019 prototype was very much a ‘modern reimagining’ rather than an ‘HD remake’. Along with whamming in new dialogue and combat systems, it made the protagonist a right chatty Cathy, turned the dreary look quite colourful, and fiddled with quite a few other bits. You can read reviewson Steamto see what fans made of it all.
I think Alkimia might be what became of THQ Nordic Barcelona (who made that teaser), seeing as job listings onAlkimia’s websitepoint to thqnordicbarcelona.com e-mail addresses? Connected in some way, at least. But yeah, they’re not the people who madeGothic.
