Gothic II: Night of the Raven

Gothic II: Night of the Raven
German cover of the expansion pack
Developer(s)Piranha Bytes
Publisher(s)JoWooD Productions
Designer(s)Michael Hoge
Composer(s)Kai Rosenkranz
SeriesGothic
Platform(s)
Release
  • GER: 20 August 2003 (PC)[1]
  • WW: 29 November 2023 (NS)
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Gothic II: Night of the Raven (German: Die Nacht des Raben) is the expansion pack of the action role-playing video game Gothic II. It focuses on further enlarging the story already presented in the original Gothic II game by adding a world called "Jharkendar" and new attributes, items and weapons.

Upon its first release in 2003[2] the game was available in the German language only,[3] the English version only being released in 2005, as part of the Gothic II Gold package.[4] A Nintendo Switch port titled Gothic II Complete Classic was released worldwide on 29 November 2023.

  1. ^ "Gothic 2: Die Nacht des Raben im Handel!" [Gothic 2: The Night of the Raven in stores!]. JoWooD Productions. 20 August 2003. Archived from the original on 26 September 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ^ "German official site" (in German). Piranha Bytes. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
  3. ^ "Night of the Raven Review at Gamers With Jobs". IGN. 11 September 2003. Archived from the original on 18 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2008. An expansion to Gothic II that's presently only available in the developer's home nation [Germany]
  4. ^ "Gamespot – Gothic II Gold". Gamespot. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2008.