Piranha Bytes Explore Sci-Fi with ELEX

German indie Developers Piranha Bytes are known most famously for their Gothic series of games; a series with a distinct medieval fantasy setting. In their latest title, they're straying from the familier path of those titles and branching into science fiction with ELEX.

“We’ve been thinking about the setting for ELEX for almost 10 years, and we finally have the chance to implement our ideas. The mix of sci-fi and fantasy offers an incredible number of opportunities and cool contrasts that we can play around with. The fans of Gothic or Risen will recognise our unique game philosophy and ELEX builds on that solid basis. ELEX will be the most dynamic and realistic RPG sim ever!” - Björn Pankratz, Piranha Bytes

The game is an RPG set in a future world, inhabited by strange, mutated creatures. Although the setting may be new, the game style isn't and is set to feature the developer's trademark brand of open world RPG shenanigans, with deep characters and lots of moral choices affecting the game throughout.

Magalan, the completely open game world of ELEX, was home to a highly developed civilisation until a catastrophic meteor strike devastated the planet, reducing it to a post-apocalyptic world. The meteor also deposited a substance that is now found in nearly everything: Elex, and each faction uses it in a different way. Every inhabitant of the world is constantly looking for Elex, whether as a substance with magical powers, to use in a weapon or as a pure stimulant. 

The title is being developed for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 simultaneously. We can expect to see it released on those systems in the first quarter of 2017.