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Gothic 1 Remake (or Gothic Remake) is a 2026 action role-playing game developed by Alkimia Interactive and published by THQ Nordic. It is a remake of the 2001 game Gothic, developed by Piranha Bytes. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 5 June 2026. Gothic 1 Remake is an action role-playing game set in third-person perspective in a fantasy open world. The player controls a prisoner who is sent to a penal mining colony, called the Valley of Mines, which is surrounded by a magical barrier.As in the original game, the nameless hero navigates the world without a minimap and starts without any skills.Lock picking was developed similarly to the original, but is presented differently. In May 2019, the Austrian computer game publisher THQ Nordic acquired German developer Piranha Bytes, the creators and intellectual property owners of the Gothic series. The Spanish branch of THQ Nordic, THQ Barcelona, released a game demo, titled Gothic Playable Teaser, in December 2019 and began a public survey to gather feedback regarding the demo and the a potential remake of Gothic.Over 180,000 downloads of the demo were reported in March 2023 and over 30,000 responses, mostly mixed.THQ Nordic announced the production of the remake in February 2020. According to the publisher, over 90% of the players were in favor for a production of a remake.The playable teaser was scrapped and a "complete reboot" was green-lit based on the community feedback, which called for a remake that was closer to the original. Before beginning production, in March 2021, Alkimia Interactive was founded in Barcelona to develop a remake of Gothic.All employees were required to play the original game.Piranha Bytes declined to develop another Gothic game, instead choosing to focus on other games such as ELEX. Some of the original developers of Gothic joined Alkimia, among them the composer, a dialogue writer and a programmer.In 2023, approximately 45 employees were working on the game, and over 50 employees in 2024. A main focus of development was non-player character (NPC) behavior, including character routines. The algorithm used 20–30-minute motion capture recordings, which were divided into individual sequences and categorized, referred as motion magic. According to the developers, iteration was given a lot of work-time during the production. Controls and the user interface were also improved to make the game more accessible than the original. According to lead producer Reinhard Pollice, the combat and skill systems in the remake was based on the original, in contrast to the playable teaser. Due to increased design options and higher level of detail since 2001, Gothic 1 Remake's game world, which was based on the original, is 10–30% larger. As some places in the original game world were not fully designed, an attempt was made to "take up such potential".Ideas that Piranha Bytes could not implement during the development of the original, due to a lack of budget and time, were taken up.Because of this, some locations were made more dense than others.New quests based on the camp affiliation were developed for these locations.Some quests from the original game were supplemented with additional plot options and narrative threads.The developers wished to better explain plotholes of the original.One narrative difference is that more content and lore about the orcs and their culture is present.The language of the orcs was expanded and professionalized with the assistance of a linguist.A tattoo artist also advised the developers. The THQ studio Gate21, based in Sarajevo, was commissioned to design armor and NPCs. In contrast to the original, NPC armor models are varied for each character.The player character is able to alter the value of his armor through modifications, which in turn has an impact on armor appearance. Weapon smithing and cooking systems were expanded for the remake.In order to speed up the work process, NPC faces were created with deep learning AI.The development of those faces was a multi-year process, at the beginning of which the faces were designed manually. To avoid having repetitive faces (as was the case in the original) with around 600 NPCs in the game, the developers morphed face models together to create new faces. Other additions include an adjustable camera angle in third-person perspective and the ability to adjust the balance/difficulty.Puzzles were revised to include "new interactions".While the original game took around 23 to 38 hours to complete,GameStar reported that an additional 20 hours are required for the remake. #9800x3d #rtxon #rpg #gothic1remake #gaming