Gothic 3 Gold In Europe, Download Trailer

Short and sweet, that's the best way to describe Piranha Bytes' latest announcement. I'm sure most of you have been dying to hear this, so let's cut to the chase: Gothic 3 is gold! At 02:00 in the morning yesterday, the RPG sequel was finally shipped for replication to Sony Austria, after over three and a half years of development time.

Once that is taken care of, Gothic 3 will start filling up retail shelves as soon as October 13 in various European territories. Last we heard, the North American launch date was set for November 20, so eager gamers from over there will just have to keep themselves busy with... I don't know, Oblivion maybe?

For a much shorter while - around 6 minutes or so - you can also kill some time by watching the latest Gothic 3 trailer recently added to our download section. In it, producer Michael Paeck talks about the factions you can choose to help in the game, and shows quite a bit of gameplay footage, so be sure to check it out as well.

Finally, a playful fact about Gothic 3 should also be in order now. As indicated by our (actually your) "Most Wanted" list, Piranha's RPG sequel has kept its ground on the top spot for quite a while now, clearly making it the most yearned for RPG since the release of Oblivion. I wonder how the two of them will end up being compared...

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