Spellbound Entertainment

Spellbound Entertainment AG
Former type	Public
Industry	Video game industry
Successor	Black Forest Games
Founded	1994
Defunct	2012
Headquarters	Offenburg, Germany
Number of employees	40 (2011)
Website	www.spellbound.de

Spellbound Entertainment AG was 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.

Company

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.
↑ "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.

External links

Official website

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[1] ttp://www.gameswelt.ch/news/157432-Spellbound_Entertainment_AG_-_Deutscher_Entwickler_meldet_Insolvenz_an.html

[2] ttp://www.gamestar.de/news/branche/2569952/spellbound.html

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2015-06-12.

[4] "Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive for Macintosh (2015) Trivia - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 2017-09-18.

[5] "Desperados Gangs [Cancelled - Xbox 360 / PS3 / PSvita / PC] - Unseen64". Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2017-09-18.