Future
Speculations on who really has the rights for the Gothic series have made their way around since 2007 until 2011, when, Mike Hoge, co-founder of Piranha Bytes, Gothic's creator, stated that soon (after the release of their current game - Risen 2: Dark Waters) the rights for the series will return to Piranha Bytes, but avoided mentioning if they will develop another game within the series.
Later in 2011 it was confirmed by JoWooD Entertainment that they only had rights for the fourth game in the series and the expansion. As such, the rights will return to its former developer - Piranha Bytes.
It is currently unknown if Piranha Bytes will develop another game within the Gothic series. Nordic Games already announced that they have plans to continue the story of the fourth game under the franchise name Arcania which will be continuing the events from Fall of Setarrif.
Later in 2012, Piranha Bytes started working on a new unannounced project, which has been vastly speculated as a new Gothic game, but there has been no confirmation regarding the speculation.
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