Yager Development

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Yager Development GmbH
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded1999; 23 years ago (1999)
Founders
  • Uwe Beneke
  • Roman Golka
  • Philipp Schellbach
  • Timo Ullmann
  • Mathias Wiese
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
Key people
Timo Ullmann (managing director)
Number of employees
140[1] (2021)
ParentTencent (2021–present)
Websiteyager.de

Yager Development GmbH is a German video game developer based in Berlin.

Yager was founded in 1999 by Uwe Beneke, Roman Golka, Philipp Schellbach, Timo Ullmann and Mathias Wiese.[2][3] They are best known for developing Yager (2003) and Spec Ops: The Line (2012). The studio also worked with Deep Silver on Dead Island 2, until Deep Silver cut ties with Yager in July 2015, three years into the game's development.[4] Subsequently, Yager Productions GmbH, the Yager Development sub-studio set up for the development of Dead Island 2, filed for insolvency later that month.[5] The studio is working on and has released The Cycle as an early access game on the Epic Games Store, which is described as a “competitive quest game”.[6][7] As of January 2020, the company employs 110 people.[8]

The company received an investment from Tencent Holdings in February 2020, giving Tencent a minority ownership. According to Yager, Tencent's investment was to help with their development and publication of their current and future games.[9] Tencent increased its stake in Yager acquiring a majority stake in June 2021.[10]

Games developed[]

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher(s)
2003 Yager Microsoft Windows, Xbox DreamCatcher Interactive, Kemco, THQ
2012 Spec Ops: The Line Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 2K Games
2017 Dreadnought Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 Grey Box
2019 (early access) The Cycle Microsoft Windows Yager Development

References[]

  1. ^ Fröhlich, Petra (13 April 2021). "Die größten Games-Studios in Deutschland 2021" [The largest game studios in Germany in 2021]. GamesWirtschaft (in German). Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. ^ Lindemann, Thomas (22 December 2012). "Porträt der Berliner Games-Entwickler von "Yager Design"". Das Games-Feuilleton (in German).
  3. ^ Gießler, Denis (21 November 2018). "Video Games In East Germany: The Stasi Played Along". Die Zeit.
  4. ^ Futter, Mike (14 July 2015). "[Update] Deep Silver Drops Yager As Developer Of Dead Island 2, Yager Offers Comment". Game Informer.
  5. ^ Hurley, Leon (29 July 2015). "Yager's fine. It's just the Dead Island 2 bit that's shut down". GamesRadar+.
  6. ^ Senior, Tom (20 March 2019). "The Cycle is a 'competitive quester' coming from Spec Ops studio Yager". PC Gamer.
  7. ^ Dornbush, Jonathon (19 August 2019). "Yager's The Cycle Now Out in Early Access on Epic Games Store". IGN.
  8. ^ Fröhlich, Petra (10 January 2020). "Die größten Spiele-Entwickler in Deutschland 2020" [The largest game developers in Germany 2020]. GamesWirtschaft (in German).
  9. ^ Ivan, Tom (10 February 2020). "Tencent invests in Spec Ops: The Line studio Yager". Video Games Chronicle. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  10. ^ Notis, Ari (22 June 2021). "Tencent Now Owns Majority Of Spec Ops: The Line Studio". Kotaku. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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