Black Forest Games

Black Forest Games
Video game developer
Industry Interactive entertainment
Predecessor Spellbound Entertainment
Founded 2012
Headquarters Offenburg, Germany
Products Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Rogue Stormers
Number of employees
 approx. 45 (as of 2012)
Website black-forest-games.com

Black Forest Games is a German developer of computer games based in Offenburg, Germany. The company was founded in 2012 by Andreas Speer and Adrian Goersch. The company was formed by former members of the now-defunct Spellbound Entertainment company.

History

After the release of Arcania: Fall of Setarrif in 2011, Spellbound Entertainment went bankrupt. Soon after the disruption of the company, Black Forest Games was founded by the key-members and management from Spellbound. The newly established game developer decided to move on their own and took over all Spellbound assets, including the IPs. In total, 40 of the former Spellbound team of 65 members followed and became part of Black Forest Games. Black Forest Games was formed to develop a wide arrange of games, including action role playing and strategy games for Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

In July 2012, Black Forest Games started a Kickstarter campaign for a new installment of The Great Giana Sisters tentatively titled Project Giana stating, "Project Giana is the grandchild of The Great Giana Sisters." The game features music from The Great Giana Sisters' original composer Chris Hülsbeck and the Swedish "SID metal" band Machinae Supremacy.[1] Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams was released on October 23, 2012 for PC with later releases on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, Nintendo eShop, and possibly Ouya.[2]

Rogue Stormers

Main article: Rogue Stormers

Rogue Stormers is a fantasy action game, developed by Black Forest Games. It was revealed at the Game Developers Conference 2010, in San Francisco under the project name RavensDale, although it has been in development since 2007. After an unsuccessful attempt on Kickstarter in 2013 the game was put on hold. In a second attempt in early 2014 the game, now known as DieselStormers, was successfully funded on Kickstarter and went to Steam early access in July 2014.[3][4][5]

Due to a trademark registration of DieselStormers by Diesel S.p.A.'s successful trademark lawsuit, Black Forest Games decided to change the name from DieselStormers to Rogue Stormers.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://project-giana.com
  2. ↑ "Project Giana by Black Forest Games".
  3. ↑ http://nvidia.fullviewmedia.com/gdc2010/09-dag-frommhold.html
  4. ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/project-giana/dieselstormers
  5. ↑ http://store.steampowered.com/app/299480/
  6. ↑ http://blog.black-forest-games.com/2015/10/dieselstormers-became-rogue-stormers/

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