Originally Posted by Wulf
There is only one of the original Piranha's still active and is currently running the show.

The Piranha Bytes developer team in its original form does not exist.

I've seen people say that on the World of Gothic/Risen forum but Michael Rüve jumped in immediately to deny it. Some of the artists and PR people have certainly changed but unless someone can specifically name the important members who have left it's all a bit groundless.