Now available at FileShack is the Gothic 3 1.12 patch for Europeans. It fixes bugs related to sound, physics, camera behaviour, and quests.

As expected, a Gothic 3 demo is now available from FileShack. The 1.03gb download includes "the beginning area of the game, including the towns of Ardea and Cape Dun and the Rebel outpost Reddock, with all available quests, weapons, spells and NPCs".

JoWood has announced that a Gothic 3 demo is being released on Friday. It will feature an early part of the game. For Europeans a version 1.09 patch is available.

A new Gothic 3 patch is now available, updating the European release to version 1.08. The patch offers more bug fixes, performance improvements and updated AI. Thanks 3D Gamers.

The first Gothic 3 patch is now available, updating the European releases of the RPG sequel. The 58mb patch takes care of various, unspecified, problems plaguing the game.

Publisher JoWood sends along a new Gothic 3 movie, showing four minutes of combat footage from the RPG sequel.

New at FiringSquad today is a Gothic 3 Q&A. Blaine Christine of North American publisher Aspyr Media is asked the development team's main goals for the game, the storyline, the player character, RPG elements, the seamless loading game world, graphical features and the current status of the US release.

There's a Gothic 3 Q&A on Gameplay Monthly, asking Blaine Christine of US publisher Aspyr Media about the RPG sequel. Topics include standout features, increasing the franchise's exposure in the US, graphics engine, gameplay hours, and tracking your quests.

Blues News points to this JoWood financial statement which notes that an expansion pack for Gothic 3 is already in development. Gothic 3 is due out in stores later this year.

The US Gothic 3 website has been updated with an-house Q&A with Aspyr executive producer Blaine Christine, who is asked about the game's US release, the game world, combat, NPCs and the development team.

A new Gothic 3 movie is now available, showing nearly six minutes of developer narrated gameplay footage. Thanks 3D Gamers.

Swiss site GBASE has been updated with a Gothic 3 preview, taking an alpha build of the game for a spin. More interesting for those of us who don't speak German is this page with a number of new screenshots from the game.

Not quite done yet, here are new screenshots from the RPG sequel Gothic 3.

Aspyr Media let us know that they have launched their Gothic 3 website and though it doesn't contain much now, it will soon feature 'exclusive content' and contest announcements. They also sent along several new screenshots from the game.

GameSpot has posted a new Gothic 3 preview, offering their thoughts on the upcoming RPG sequel. If you missed our preview, check it out right here.

At a recent Aspyr Media press event, I had the opportunity to take a look at Piranha Bytes' upcoming open-ended RPG sequel, Gothic 3. Though its plot is a direct continuation of the first two games in the series, it scales up significantly in terms of scale and breadth, making it Piranha Bytes' most ambitious game yet. Check out my impressions.

The player does not create a character, assign attributes, or choose a class at the beginning of the game, a crucial distinction between this game and other similar games such as The Elder Scrolls. Here, the human hero is a defined character with a particular history and his own set of baggage that comes along with living in this conflict-ridden world. The roleplaying aspect comes not from creating a character, per se, but by exploring how a particular character will interact with and influence the existing properties of the world. So, from the start of the game, the world perceives you in a certain way. Orcs have little respect for you, and human rebels will try to bring you over to their side. However, these attitudes can always be challenged, depending on how you choose to achieve your objectives, or even what objectives you choose to achieve.

IGN has posted their latest impressions of Gothic 3, checking out the Piranha Bytes RPG sequel. Includes several new screenshots.

Over at GameSpy you can find a new Gothic 3 preview. The article offers impressions of a recent demonstration of the game.

A new Gothic 3 teaser movie is now available, offering brief gameplay footage from the role playing game sequel. Thanks 3D Gamers.

Publisher JoWood has released a couple of new Gothic 3 screenshots, showing off a couple of locations and creatures found in the Piranha Bytes RPG sequel. Thanks SlamDunk.