Spellbound Entertainment
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| Type | Public |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Successor | Black Forest Games |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Desperados series |
Number of employees | 40 (2011) |
Spellbound Entertainment AG was a German video game developer based in Offenburg. Founded in 1994 by Armin Gessert, the company is best known for the Desperados series.
They also developed Arcania: Gothic 4, part of the Gothic series and later its expansion, Arcania: Fall of Setarrif. It was Spellbound's first entry into the series, which was previously developed by Piranha Bytes.
History[]
Spellbound was founded in 1994.
In 2007, they developed Arcania: Gothic 4, the new chapter in the Gothic series.
In 2012 the company went into administration.[1] They were re-founded as Black Forest Games[2][3]
Games developed[]
- Perry Rhodan: Operation Eastside (1995; Fantasy Productions)
- Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (2001; Infogrames)
- An untitled Desperados addon (unreleased)[4]
- Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood (2002; Mindscape, Freeverse, Wanadoo Edition)
- Airline Tycoon (1998–2003; Infogrames, Monte Cristo, RuneSoft)
- Smoking Colts (2003; Spellbound Entertainment)
- Starsky & Hutch (2003; Empire Interactive)
- Chicago 1930 (2003; Wanadoo Edition)
- Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge (2006; Atari)
- Helldorado (2007; Viva Media)
- Giana Sisters DS (2009; Destineer, dtp entertainment)
- Arcania: Gothic 4 (2010; JoWooD Entertainment, DreamCatcher Interactive)
- Arcania: Fall of Setarrif (2011; Nordic Games)
- Desperados Gangs (unreleased).[5]
References[]
- ^ http://www.gameswelt.ch/news/157432-Spellbound_Entertainment_AG_-_Deutscher_Entwickler_meldet_Insolvenz_an.html
- ^ http://www.gamestar.de/news/branche/2569952/spellbound.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2015-06-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive for Macintosh (2015) Trivia - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- ^ "Desperados Gangs [Cancelled - Xbox 360 / PS3 / PSvita / PC] - Unseen64". Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
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