CDV Software

{{short description|German video game publisher}}

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| name = CDV Software Entertainment AG

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| type = Aktiengesellschaft

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| foundation = 1989

| founder = Wolfgang Gäbler

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| location = Bruchsal, Germany

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| industry = Video games

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| num_employees = Around 100{{cite web |url=http://www.cdv.de/index.php?sid=en030000 |title=cdv Company Profile |website=cdv.de |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041207231056/http://www.cdv.de/index.php?sid=en030000 |archivedate=2004-12-07}}

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| dissolved = 2010

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CDV Software Entertainment AG (formerly CDV Software GmbH, stylized as cdv) was a German publisher of video games founded 1989 in Karlsruhe. In April 2000 CDV became a Frankfurt stock market traded company.{{Cite web |url=https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/index.php?li=70&l=0&isin=DE000A0MF053&portrait=LANGPROFIL |title=CDV Software Entertainment AG Geschäftstätigkeit, Finanzanalyse, Ausblick und Historie - boersen-zeitung.de |access-date=2015-05-29 |archive-date=2015-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530003657/https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/index.php?li=70&l=0&isin=DE000A0MF053&portrait=LANGPROFIL |url-status=dead}} In the beginning of the 2000s, CDV was the biggest German publisher in the German video game market. As of the 2006 annual financial statements, the company also reported balance sheet over-indebtedness of EUR 1.9 million, which is, however, covered by a subordinated loan taken out in 2005 in the amount of EUR 3.8 million.{{Cite web |date=2007-01-14 |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://www.cdv.de/download/share/JA3Q-06-D.pdf |access-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114011200/http://www.cdv.de/download/share/JA3Q-06-D.pdf |archive-date=2007-01-14}} The company's financial position is based on a balance sheet of EUR 1.9 million. They opened a UK office in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/cdv-software-opens-uk-office|title=cdv Software opens UK office|last=Martin|first=Matt|work=Gamesindustry.biz|date=2008-07-22|accessdate=2014-12-16}} In 2010, VG247 reported that they filed for preliminary insolvency when SouthPeak Games failed to pay a settlement.{{cite web|url=http://www.vg247.com/2010/04/15/cdv-software-files-for-preliminary-insolvency/|title=cdv Software files for preliminary insolvency|last=Nunneley |first=Stephany |work=VG247 |date=2010-04-15 |accessdate=2014-12-16}} After only a few employees were still working in the company and the share price had been tumbling for some time, CDV filed for bankruptcy on 12 April 2010.{{Cite web |title=DGAP-Adhoc: cdv Software Entertainment AG: Insolvenzantrag |url=https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2010-04/16606997-dgap-adhoc-cdv-software-entertainment-ag-insolvenzantrag-016.htm |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=FinanzNachrichten.de |language=de}}