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Press release:
Barcelona, Spain / Vienna, Austria, February 19th, 2020: Just a little over two months after releasing a playable teaser for the Gothic Remake and asking the players for their feedback, the answer is clear:

The fans are up for a new “old” Gothic game and the vast majority (read: 94.8%) are in favour of developing a remake of the iconic German RPG Gothic, originally released in 2001.

Over 180,000 players have played the playable teaser so far. On the evening (CET) of February 16 2020, THQ Nordic took the survey offline, and hereby publicly releases the raw data of the survey, as well as highlight graphs. With more than 43,000 answered surveys and over 9,000 (yes, really!) reviews on Steam and various discussions on all social media platforms, there is enough data to check.

Eager to check for yourself? As we want to start a transparent and open production with the community from the very start of the project, we are happy to offer you the results of our survey in a neat PDF file or – for the people who really want to dig into the raw data – the entire dataset with all 43,111 participants included.

Next Steps for the Gothic Remake
THQ Nordic will establish a new studio based in Barcelona, Spain, and will then assess what players liked and what they want to be

different than in the playable teaser. One of the most common mentions was, for example, the demand for a grittier and less colourful world.

Here is an example of how this could be tweaked:

“We are up for the challenge to develop a full Gothic Remake which will stay as faithfully as possible to the original experience and transport the atmospheric world of Gothic into a high quality look and carefully modernizing certain gameplay mechanics.” says Reinhard Pollice Business and Product Development Director at THQ Nordic.

The full Gothic Remake will go into production and will be developed for PC and next gen consoles. There is no release window available yet, but it will not be coming in 2020.

Want to learn more about the Gothic Playable Teaser? Check the official website: Official Gothic Website

Founded in 2011, THQ Nordic is a global video game publisher and developer. Based in Vienna (Austria), and with subsidiaries in Germany, Sweden, Finland, and the USA, THQ Nordic brands include Darksiders, MX vs. ATV, Red Faction, Titan Quest, Biomutant, Wreckfest, Gothic, ELEX and many more.

THQ Nordic is meant to represent a core approach of doing much more than “owning” a highly competitive portfolio of IPs. It revolves around cherishing them, and aligning them with the very best development resources to expand upon them with the level of experience that communities and established fan bases expect and deserve.

The company’s internal development studios are (in chronological order, from earliest to most recent):

Grimlore Games GmbH based in Munich (Germany)
Rainbow Studios Inc. based in Phoenix, Arizona (United States of America)
Mirage Game Studios AB based in Karlstad (Sweden)
Black Forest Games GmbH based in Offenburg (Germany)
Pieces Interactive AB based in Skoevde (Sweden)
Experiment 101 AB based in Stockholm (Sweden)
Bugbear Entertainment based in Helsinki (Finland)
Piranha Bytes based in Essen (Germany)
Gunfire Games based in Austin, TX (United States of America)
Nine Rocks Games based in Bratislava (Slovakia)

Since July 2018, HandyGames (Giebelstadt, Germany) is part of the THQ Nordic network and perfectly complements the setup of the rest of our group as the new “go to”-publisher for small- and midsized developers and projects. The company has a very strong background in VR and publishing of mobile games.

THQ Nordic & Affiliates are part of the Embracer Group AB, based in Karlstad, Sweden, for more information, please visit https://www.embracer.com