Spellbound Entertainment

Spellbound Entertainment AG

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Former type	Public Limited Company
Industry	Interactive entertainment
Successor	Black Forest Games
Founded	1994
Defunct	2012
Headquarters	Offenburg, Germany
Products	Desperados Series
Number of employees	approx. 40 (as of 2011)
Website	Spellbound

Spellbound was a German developer of computer games based in Kehl, Germany. The company was founded in 1994 by Armin Gessert. 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 is Spellbound's first entry into the series, which was previously developed by Piranha Bytes.

Company

Since its founding in 1994 Spellbound has been dedicated to the development of unique computer games, among which were the Airline Tycoon and Desperados series.

As of 2007, they are known as the development team behind Arcania: Gothic 4, the new chapter in the Gothic Series.

In 2012 the company went into administration. They were re-founded as Black Forest Games

Games developed

• Perry Rhodan: Operation Eastside (1995; Fantasy Productions)
• Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (2001; Infogrames)
• Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood (2002; Mindscape, Freeverse, 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)

External links

• Official website