Spellbound Entertainment

{{Infobox company

| name = Spellbound Entertainment AG

| logo = Spellbound Entertainment.png

| type = Public

| successor = Black Forest Games

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1994}}

| defunct = {{End date and age|2012}}

| fate = Administration

| location_city = Offenburg

| location_country = Germany

| industry = Video games

| products = Desperados series

| num_employees = 65

| num_employees_year = 2012

}}

Spellbound Entertainment AG was a German video game developer based in Offenburg. 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 by Armin Gessert. They created video games for Windows computers, and other gaming systems.

In 2012 the company went into administration and closed.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gameswelt.ch/news/157432-Spellbound_Entertainment_AG_-_Deutscher_Entwickler_meldet_Insolvenz_an.html |title=Gameswelt - Dein Spielemagazin mit News, Tests, Specials, Videos, Tipps und Lösungen für PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, Wii U, 3DS und Nintendo Switch |access-date=2012-08-23 |archive-date=2020-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619145958/https://www.gameswelt.ch/news/157432-Spellbound_Entertainment_AG_-_Deutscher_Entwickler_meldet_Insolvenz_an.html/ |url-status=dead }} On 13 July 2012, the studio re-opened as Black Forest Games, employing 40 of the former 65 staff members. {{cite news | url=http://www.gamestar.de/news/branche/2569952/spellbound.html | title=Spellbound Entertainment - Insolvenz überstanden & Umbenennung }}{{cite web |url=http://www.black-forest-games.com/company/studio.html |title=Black Forest Games - Studio |access-date=2015-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211044843/http://black-forest-games.com/company/studio.html |archive-date=2012-12-11 }}{{Cite web |title=Golem.de: IT-News für Profis |url=https://www.golem.de/sonstiges/zustimmung/auswahl.html |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=www.golem.de}}{{Cite web |last=emilygera |date=2012-07-13 |title='Gothic 4' developer emerges from insolvency as Black Forest Games |url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/7/13/3156564/gothic-4-developer-emerges-from-insolvency-as-black-forest-games |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}

= Games developed =

Perry Rhodan: Operation Eastside (1995; Fantasy Productions)
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (2001; Infogrames)
Untitled Desperados addon (unreleased){{Cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/desperados-wanted-dead-or-alive/trivia|title=Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive for Macintosh (2015) Trivia - MobyGames|website=MobyGames|access-date=2017-09-18}}
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood (2002; Mindscape, Free verse, 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 (cancelled){{Cite news|url=https://www.unseen64.net/2012/05/28/desperados-gangs-cancelled-xbox-360-ps3-psvita/|title=Desperados Gangs [Cancelled - Xbox 360 / PS3 / PSvita / PC] - Unseen64|date=2012-05-28|work=Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!|access-date=2017-09-18|language=en-US}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120311211601/http://www.spellbound.de/front_content.php?idcat=77 Official website] (archived) {{in lang|de}}

Category:Video game development companies

Category:Video game companies established in 1994

Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2012

Category:Defunct video game companies of Germany

Category:German companies established in 1994

Category:German companies disestablished in 2012