Risen 2: Dark Waters

Risen 2: Dark Waters
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
SeriesRisen
EngineGenome with NaturalMotions Morpheme[2]
Platform(s)
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • NA: 24 April 2012 (Retail)
  • NA: 26 April 2012 (Steam)
  • EU: 27 April 2012
PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360
  • NA: 31 July 2012
  • EU: 3 August 2012
  • AU: 9 August 2012
  • JP: 28 February 2013[1]
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Risen 2: Dark Waters is a fantasy-themed action role-playing game published by Deep Silver as the sequel to Risen by Piranha Bytes. It is a pirate themed game set in a fantasy world where monsters, ancient gods, and voodoo magic exist.

The game was officially announced by Deep Silver on 18 August 2010, during a press conference at the GamesCom exhibition in Cologne, Germany. The official site was opened on 10 August 2011.[3] The game was released for Microsoft Windows in Europe and the United States at the end of April 2012 and for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms in the late summer of 2012.[4] The PC version was directly developed by Piranha Bytes, while the French firm Wizarbox developed the console versions for both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.[5]

  1. ^ "Risen 2: Dark Waters Release On 28th of February In Japan". 3 December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Elex – The Genome Evolution". 3 December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Piranha Bytes". www.piranha-bytes.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Risen 2: Dark Waters release date announced". Eurogamer.net. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Buy Risen 2™: Dark Waters | Xbox". www.xbox.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.