Answer the following question: Information:  - Gothic is an action role - playing game franchise , created and owned by Piranha Bytes . The latest release was published by Nordic Games . The latest installment in the spin - off series was developed by Spellbound Entertainment .  - A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as role-playing game or RPG, and in the past was also known as computer role-playing game or CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (and/or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world. Many role-playing video games have origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games (Including "Dungeons & Dragons") and use much of the same , settings and game mechanics. Other major similarities with pen-and-paper games include developed story-telling and narrative elements, player character development, complexity, as well as replayability and immersion. The electronic medium removes the necessity for a gamemaster and increases combat resolution speed. RPGs have evolved from simple text-based console-window games into visually rich 3D experiences. Since the 1980s, Role-playing is the most commercially viable video game genre in Japan, and has more market share of any other genre in the japanese gaming industry, although in the 2010s first-person shooters and western iOS and Android games were becoming rapidly and increasingly popular in that country.  - A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development  the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programming, design, art, testing, etc. Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support. Self-funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games.  - Action role-playing video games (abbreviated action RPG, action/RPG, or ARPG) form a loosely defined subgenre of role-playing video games that emphasize real-time action where the player has direct control over characters, instead of turn-based or menu-based combat. These games often use combat systems similar to hack and slash or shooter games. Action-RPG or ARPG, as it is also called, is often referred to as an action game that includes a mission system, similar to most MMORPG titles, like World Of Warcraft or Guild Wars.  - The action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including handeye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, shooter games and platform games which are widely considered the most important action games, though some real-time strategy games are also considered to be action games.  - Hack and slash or hack and slay, abbreviated H&S or HnS, refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat. The term "hack and slash" was originally used to describe a play style in tabletop role-playing games, carrying over from there to MUDs, MMORPGs, and role-playing video games. In console- and arcade-style video games, the usage specifically implies a focus on combat with hand-to-hand weapons as opposed to guns. The term is often written in hyphenated form and with the conjunction contracted, e.g. hack-and-slash, hack 'n' slay.  - Pluto 13 GmbH, doing business as Piranha Bytes is a German video game developer known for their "Gothic" role-playing video game series.  - Shooter games are a subgenre of action game, which often test the player's speed and reaction time. It includes many subgenres that have the commonality of focusing on the actions of the avatar using some sort of weapon. Usually this weapon is a gun, or some other long-range weapon. A common resource found in many shooter games is ammunition. Most commonly, the purpose of a shooter game is to shoot opponents and proceed through missions without the player character being killed or dying. A shooting game is a genre of video game where the player has limited spatial control of his or her character, and the focus is almost entirely on the defeat of the character's enemies using long-range weaponry.     After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'gothic ' exhibits the relationship of 'instance of'. Find the answer from the choices below.  Choices: - action  - ammunition  - art  - avatar  - combat  - computer  - dragons  - guild  - gun  - industry  - limited  - market  - pen  - play  - player character  - publisher  - resource  - role  - series  - share  - shooter  - software  - style  - text  - time  - video  - video game  - video game developer  - video game series  - weapon
Answer:
video game series