Spellbound Entertainment Explained

Spellbound Entertainment AG
Type:	Public
Successor:	Black Forest Games
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 (part of the Gothic series) and later its expansion, . 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.^[1] On 13th July 2012, they were re-founded as Black Forest Games, employing 40 of the former 65 staff members. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Games developed

• Perry Rhodan: Operation Eastside (1995; Fantasy Productions)
• (2001; Infogrames)
• Untitled Desperados addon (unreleased)^[6]
• (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)
• (2006; Atari)
• Helldorado (2007; Viva Media)
• Giana Sisters DS (2009; Destineer, DTP Entertainment)
• (2010; JoWooD Entertainment, DreamCatcher Interactive)
• (2011; Nordic Games)
• Desperados Gangs (cancelled)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . 2012-08-23 . 2020-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200619145958/https://www.gameswelt.ch/news/157432-Spellbound_Entertainment_AG_-_Deutscher_Entwickler_meldet_Insolvenz_an.html/ . dead .
2. News: Spellbound Entertainment - Insolvenz überstanden & Umbenennung .
3. Web site: Black Forest Games - Studio . 2015-06-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121211044843/http://black-forest-games.com/company/studio.html . 2012-12-11 .
4. Web site: Golem.de: IT-News für Profis . 2022-09-07 . www.golem.de.
5. Web site: emilygera . 2012-07-13 . 'Gothic 4' developer emerges from insolvency as Black Forest Games . 2022-09-07 . Polygon . en-US.
6. Web site: Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive for Macintosh (2015) Trivia - MobyGames. MobyGames. 2017-09-18.
7. News: Desperados Gangs [Cancelled - Xbox 360 / PS3 / PSvita / PC] - Unseen64]. 2012-05-28. Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!. 2017-09-18. en-US.