Cyan Worlds announces full remake of Myst-sequel Riven

Cyan Worlds announced Monday it is making a full remake of Riven, the first major remake for the 25th anniversary of the sequel to Myst.

Cyan revealed the adventure-puzzle game today, saying the game will be a 3D title with a fully traversable space, in contrast to the original point-and-click 2D experience with realistic imagery on a beautiful island archipelago.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.