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Why did Piranha Bytes split?

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Safav Hamon

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Sacha Henirichs left Piranha Bytes in 2011 and founded Piranha Bytes Red in 2014, bringing along many former PB veterans including Mike Hoge, the creator of Gothic. Since then they've been working on a secretive RPG called 'Project Spacetime' in Unreal Engine.

Does anybody know why Piranha Bytes split? Will Spacetime obliterate Elex?
 
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Wait, this wasn't a parody?
 
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Safav Hamon

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No, it's a real company formed by PB veterans. They've been working on an unannounced RPG called 'Project Spacetime' since 2014.
 
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Sascha Henirichs created this by himself in Unreal Engine 4. Graphics look way better than Elex...

 

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Most of his recent stuff is work for 3rd parties. Doesn't look like he's busy full-time at PBR.
 

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They better have something ready before ELEX 2 gets an official announcement.
 

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I still find it a bit odd that they went with OLD COMPANY RED instead of a whole new name, people are gonna think it's a subsidiary of PB.
 
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Apparently it's associated with Piranha Bytes, but they operate out of a different location with no shared management.
 

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I still find it a bit odd that they went with OLD COMPANY RED instead of a whole new name, people are gonna think it's a subsidiary of PB.

They are still connected somehow, or they couldn't use the logo. A (German equivalent to a) Limited with Michael Rüve as the CEO is nominally (co-)owner of the company structure (Spacetime Productions) which owns PBR.
 
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Yeah, I think Piranha Bytes Blue and Piranha Bytes Red are independent subsidiaries of the same parent company.
 

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4 years? Are they making an MMO or is it just a part time job for them?
 
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SPACETIME is still a thing? I just read how the german Gothic-fans got hyped up and then it just vanished.
 
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Chances are that Project Spacetime is no more. Even PB Red's site is dead now.
 

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