ArcaniA: Gothic 4

The Steam monster continues its rampage on our wallets as we press forward to day seven of Valve’s Summer Camp Sale event. The deals are plentiful, and with this year’s dry summer release schedule, Valve is making it hard to make digital purchases in moderation. Just look at the deals! Today’s featured items include Batman: Arkham Asylum for $7.49, Left 4 Dead 2 for $4.99, Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition for $9.99, Far Cry 2 for $4.99, Lost Planet 2 for $19.99, The Sims 3 for $13.60, Prototype for $14.99, Gothic 4 for $12.49, Jamestown for $4.99, and The Killing Floor for $4.99...

System requirements of Arcanai: A Gothic Tale (Gothic 4) have been revealed: Windows XP / Vista, Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz, AMD Athlon 3500+, 1 GiByte (Windows XP), 1.5 GiByte (Windows Vista), Ati Radeon 1800XT, Shader Model 3, 256 MiByte or Nvidia Geforce 6800, Shader Model 3, 256 MiByte, 10 GB + 600 MB virtual memory.

PCGH has screenshots and a video of Arcanica A Gothic Tale. The release date is said to be Winter 2009.

The first details on the new Gothic game have been revealed in a German PC mag, picked up and raped for info by the internet.

The fourth game, Gothic 4: Arcania, has a plot set 10 years after the third game and takes place on various southern islands, each having different climate zones and type of environment (a bit like Mario 64, then?)

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From Playfuls.com: The open-world, free-roaming RPG is heading to next-gen consoles too, making Gothic 4 the first title in the franchise to leap outside the previously exclusive PC environment.

Eurogamer report that JoWooD has named Spellbound Entertainment as the new developer for Gothic 4, following its spat with original creator Piranha Bytes. This next role-playing instalment will be heading to console for the first time in the series, alongside PC, and with a date expected soon.

In a very brief announcement, JoWood has confirmed that Gothic 4 is being planned, with the sequel heading to console in addition to the RPG series' traditional PC stomping ground. And that's pretty much all the information we have at this stage, other than that the publisher has revealed that it has "not come to terms regarding the development of Gothic 4" with Pluto 13 (parent of Gothic dev Piranha Bytes) and that the collaboration with the company has come to an end. You can check out our

Today JoWood let the world know they're in the process of promising negotiations with a new developer for Gothic 4. The long-running action RPG series' development had previously been handled by Pluto 13, also known as Pirahna Bytes, a company apparently now left out in the cold. There was no mention as to who the prospective new developers could be, so there's no real release window for this one yet. For now, Gothic 4 is planned as a console and PC project, a shift from the series' previous PC exclusivity.