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JoWooD
JoWooD Entertainment AG (formerly JoWooD Productions Software AG, commonly referred to as JoWooD) was an Austrian video game publisher that was founded in 1995. JoWooD went into administration in 2011 and all assets were purchased by Nordic Games.
Its games include the futuristic racing car game Beam Breakers which was released in 2002, action role-playing games in the Gothic series, the SpellForce series, and the Industry Giant series of games. Other titles include Transport Giant, World War III: Black Gold, The Sting!, Hotel Giant, and other games of the Giants series.
JoWooD Productions Software AG was founded in 1995 in Ebensee by Dieter Bernauer, Johann Reitinger, Johann Schilcher, and Andreas Tobler with its headquarters later moved to Liezen, Austria.
In May 2000, JoWooD went public through the prime market section of the Vienna Stock Exchange. Earlier on in the year, they invested 15% in publisher Media Publishing GmbH & Co KG, and acquired the developer Wings Simulations. In September, they acquired NEON Software in Germany and Massive Development in December.
On 18 January 2001, JoWooD announced that it had purchased a 70% stake in Dynamic Systems, a video game distributor founded by JoWooD co-founder Andrea Tobler, with which they already distributed JoWooD's products in Austria and Central Europe. On the same day, JoWooD and Dynamic signed a three-year strategic alliance with French publisher Infogrames, where the company would exclusively distribute JoWooD's titles in Germany, France and Benelux territories while JoWooD and Dynamic would exclusively distribute Infogrames' titles in Austria. In May, JoWooD purchased German distributor Leisuresoft from Infogrames, which was acquired in the latter's purchase of Hasbro Interactive earlier in the year but wasn't needed by Infogrames, which already had a German distribution unit. In August, the company secured a distribution deal with Disney Interactive to distribute their PC titles in German-speaking territories.
JoWooD suffered from heavy financial losses at the beginning of 2002 and was almost close to filing for insolvency. In May 2002, JoWooD announced the acquisition of Ravensburger Interactive Media and its core publishing label Fishtank Interactive from Ravensburger AG. With these acquisitions, JoWooD became the largest German video game company and would allow the publisher to enter the family-friendly market.
For 2003, JoWooD announced that they would pull out of the in-house distribution and sales business. They would sell Dynamic Systems to Koch Media in August. With this deal, Koch secured exclusive distribution rights to JoWooD products in Austria. Earlier in January, JoWooD entered into a deal with Encore Software to distribute nine of JoWooD's titles in North America.
On 8 April 2004, they expanded their distribution agreement with Koch to include Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the United Kingdom.
JoWooD
JoWooD Entertainment AG (formerly JoWooD Productions Software AG, commonly referred to as JoWooD) was an Austrian video game publisher that was founded in 1995. JoWooD went into administration in 2011 and all assets were purchased by Nordic Games.
Its games include the futuristic racing car game Beam Breakers which was released in 2002, action role-playing games in the Gothic series, the SpellForce series, and the Industry Giant series of games. Other titles include Transport Giant, World War III: Black Gold, The Sting!, Hotel Giant, and other games of the Giants series.
JoWooD Productions Software AG was founded in 1995 in Ebensee by Dieter Bernauer, Johann Reitinger, Johann Schilcher, and Andreas Tobler with its headquarters later moved to Liezen, Austria.
In May 2000, JoWooD went public through the prime market section of the Vienna Stock Exchange. Earlier on in the year, they invested 15% in publisher Media Publishing GmbH & Co KG, and acquired the developer Wings Simulations. In September, they acquired NEON Software in Germany and Massive Development in December.
On 18 January 2001, JoWooD announced that it had purchased a 70% stake in Dynamic Systems, a video game distributor founded by JoWooD co-founder Andrea Tobler, with which they already distributed JoWooD's products in Austria and Central Europe. On the same day, JoWooD and Dynamic signed a three-year strategic alliance with French publisher Infogrames, where the company would exclusively distribute JoWooD's titles in Germany, France and Benelux territories while JoWooD and Dynamic would exclusively distribute Infogrames' titles in Austria. In May, JoWooD purchased German distributor Leisuresoft from Infogrames, which was acquired in the latter's purchase of Hasbro Interactive earlier in the year but wasn't needed by Infogrames, which already had a German distribution unit. In August, the company secured a distribution deal with Disney Interactive to distribute their PC titles in German-speaking territories.
JoWooD suffered from heavy financial losses at the beginning of 2002 and was almost close to filing for insolvency. In May 2002, JoWooD announced the acquisition of Ravensburger Interactive Media and its core publishing label Fishtank Interactive from Ravensburger AG. With these acquisitions, JoWooD became the largest German video game company and would allow the publisher to enter the family-friendly market.
For 2003, JoWooD announced that they would pull out of the in-house distribution and sales business. They would sell Dynamic Systems to Koch Media in August. With this deal, Koch secured exclusive distribution rights to JoWooD products in Austria. Earlier in January, JoWooD entered into a deal with Encore Software to distribute nine of JoWooD's titles in North America.
On 8 April 2004, they expanded their distribution agreement with Koch to include Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the United Kingdom.