Thanks amok, must have missed that:)

Little update from 30th November, via Twitter:
https://twitter.com/gothicthegame/status/1465735626066702346

"Back in March, we released a render of the Scavenger created for the Gothic Remake.
Today we're bringing you a sneak peak of our interpretation of the Minecrawler.
https://i.imgur.com/yGtkymu.jpg

...

Generally, we are very pleased to share that the development of the Gothic Remake is progressing on all fronts. We have assembled a team of over 35 specialized developers at our Barcelona office and are working with several contractors and outsources in addition. Gothic may be more than 20 years old, but the scope of this game cannot be underestimated."

The developer, Alkimia Interactive is still looking for people to fill several open positions at the Barcelona office:
http://www.alkimiainteractive.com


On a related note - while checking on the progress of the Gothic Reloaded Mod (Wishlist entry) I noticed this thread on the official Gothic Reloaded Mod forum.
OP (a fellow GoG enthusiast it looks like) is asking if the devs had any interest to host/distribute the finished mod on GoG as well, as is already the case with The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos, which releases next Friday, I believe.

Judging from the main dev's replies, they see the definite potential in a GoG release (wider reach, more exposure, also boosting the sales of the required base game in the process, which THQNordic wouldn't mind at all, I assume) but are unsure about the additional effort/maintenance a GoG build/version of the mod would entail.

OP already suggested to ask The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos devs about the technical side of things (since they're about to release a Gothic mod/total conversion on GoG) and especially about how they ended up on GoG in the first place, but maybe someone from GoG's BizDev department could try to get in contact with and directly clarify things with them as well?

The person to contact would be one Pierre Beckmann (going by the handle "ThielHater").
The discontinued guest book on the Gothic Reloaded Mod website (https://www.gothic-reloaded-mod.de/?page=guestbook) contains several email addresses (including one with his real name on a well-known and long running email service starting with "y") under which he most probably still can be reached.

Welcome to the Old Camp

"Welcome to the Old Camp in the Valley of Mines. Take a stroll through the camp, meet friendly locals, or go sightseeing. The Arena is said to be especially lovely at this time of the year!"

Well, one can certainly expand their vocabulary here. ô.O

If this doesn't fall victim to the whole "updating for modern audiences and sensibilities" lunacy I might actually pick this up.
Some actual gameplay and even more importantly, some samples of the German VO would be nice too.

I've pondered about what you said above for the past two years or so, and today the solution finally occurred to me.

In the beginning of Gothic 1 (be it the remake in this case) when you meet Diego, the first thing Diego mentions is the clinic just around the corner where you can change your gender to whatever you want. Every modern prison should have one. There the player can decide their gender at the very beginning of the game, regardless of the protagonist being a "man" when thrown into the prison.

Problem, and gender, solved!

That overcrowded den of hyper-active, unnaturally violent, Hollywood-style fantasy "thugs" does not even remotely resemble the Old Camp.

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Any commercial attempts to tamper with the series are destined to be a failure.

At some point in the future, when OpenGothic engine is ready, the fan community would organize to create faithful remakes of Gothic 1 and 2, as well as alternative, story-driven version of Gothic 3.

Gothic and follow up games have become quite stale, honestly.

I think I have enough after 20 years.

Cover artwork revealed:

https://www.worldofgothic.de/images/gallery/45/99c6c1d428cf084df9ff1fabf4aea8f1.jpg

Why was a remake needed?

Bloody Spell also offers nice solutions by adding all sorts of discoverable items that change head size, gender you name it. They even include outfits ;p

Gorn, Lester, Milten and Diego appear to have not been either race- or gender-bent, isn't that something.
Could this actually turn out to be the first remake in years/over a decade even that 100% stays true and faithful to its original iteration as far as the depiction of the original socio-political/ideological structure is concerned?

An all-male penal colony set against a low-fantasy medieval backdrop where - naturally - the only few women are nothing but barter objects and additions to the de-facto ruling faction's leader's harem.

Well, if they can remake it with quality, significantly improving the graphics while still preserving the spirit of the original, then count me in. For example, I'd love to see a remake of Clive Barker's Undying. I enjoy those games, but the graphics nowadays are really jarring. Resident Evil 2 had a great remake; it brought back childhood memories.