Spellbound Entertainment

Spellbound Entertainment AG

Company type	Public
Industry	Video games
Founded	1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Defunct	2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Fate	Administration
Successor	Black Forest Games
Headquarters	Offenburg , Germany
Products	Desperados series
Number of employees	65 (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.^[1] On 13 July 2012, the studio re-opened 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)
• Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (2001; Infogrames)
• Untitled Desperados addon (unreleased)^[6]
• 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)^[7]

References

1. "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". Archived from the original on 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
2. "Spellbound Entertainment - Insolvenz überstanden & Umbenennung".
3. "Black Forest Games - Studio". Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
4. "Golem.de: IT-News für Profis". www.golem.de. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
5. emilygera (2012-07-13). "'Gothic 4' developer emerges from insolvency as Black Forest Games". Polygon. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
6. "Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive for Macintosh (2015) Trivia - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
7. "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 (archived) (in German)