Spellbound Entertainment

Spellbound Entertainment AG was a German video game developer based in Offenburg. The company is best known for the Desperados series.

Spellbound Entertainment AG

Company type	Public
Industry	Video games
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Defunct	2012; 13 years ago (2012)
Fate	Administration
Successor	Black Forest Games
Headquarters	Offenburg , Germany
Products	Desperados series
Number of employees	65 (2012)

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]