Following the release of Arcania: Fall of Setarrif, the game's developer, Spellbound Entertainment, filed for insolvency in March 2012.[4] Upon completion, on 13 July 2012, it was announced that Black Forest Games was founded in Offenburg as a successor to Spellbound, employing 40 of the Spellbound's former 65 staff.[4][5] Under these 40 was most of the former management, including chief executive officer Andreas Speer.[5][6]
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 Huelsbeck and the Swedish "SID metal" band Machinae Supremacy.[7]Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams was released on October 23, 2012 for PC with later releases on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Nintendo eShop.[8]
Rogue Stormers 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, then known as DieselStormers, was successfully funded on Kickstarter and went to Steam early access in July 2014.[9][10][11]
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.[12]Fade to Silence was announced at The Game Awards 2017. It is a survival game set in a snow-covered forest, requiring the player to collect resources, build a refuge, and recruit others as followers to survive. The game entered early access on Steam on 14 December 2017, and had its full release on 30 April 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game was published by THQ Nordic.[13]
On 7 June 2019, THQ Nordic announced a remake of the 2005 science fiction game Destroy All Humans! is in development at Black Forest Studios, set for a release in 2020 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The remake will feature content that was cut from the original release developed by Pandemic Studios.[14] The game was officially announced in June 2019. An extended gameplay demo was launched at E3 2019.[15] In August 2019, Google announced that the game will also be available for Stadia.[16]
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black, forest, games, gmbh, german, video, game, developer, based, offenburg, company, founded, july, 2012, team, staff, members, including, chief, executive, officer, andreas, speer, previously, employed, spellbound, entertainment, which, filed, insolvency, e. Black Forest Games GmbH is a German video game developer based in Offenburg The company was founded in July 2012 by a team of 40 staff members including chief executive officer Andreas Speer previously employed by Spellbound Entertainment which filed for insolvency earlier that year As of August 2017 it is a subsidiary of THQ Nordic 2 As of June 2019 the company employs 66 people 3 Black Forest Games GmbHTypeSubsidiaryIndustryVideo gamesPredecessorSpellbound EntertainmentFoundedJuly 13 2012 11 years ago 2012 07 13 FounderAndreas SpeerHeadquartersOffenburg GermanyKey peopleAndreas Speer CEO ProductsGiana Sisters seriesNumber of employees110 1 2023 ParentTHQ Nordic 2017 present Websiteblack forest games wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Games developed 3 References 4 External linksHistory editFollowing the release of Arcania Fall of Setarrif the game s developer Spellbound Entertainment filed for insolvency in March 2012 4 Upon completion on 13 July 2012 it was announced that Black Forest Games was founded in Offenburg as a successor to Spellbound employing 40 of the Spellbound s former 65 staff 4 5 Under these 40 was most of the former management including chief executive officer Andreas Speer 5 6 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 Huelsbeck and the Swedish SID metal band Machinae Supremacy 7 Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams was released on October 23 2012 for PC with later releases on Xbox Live Arcade PlayStation Network and Nintendo eShop 8 Rogue Stormers 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 then known as DieselStormers was successfully funded on Kickstarter and went to Steam early access in July 2014 9 10 11 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 12 Fade to Silence was announced at The Game Awards 2017 It is a survival game set in a snow covered forest requiring the player to collect resources build a refuge and recruit others as followers to survive The game entered early access on Steam on 14 December 2017 and had its full release on 30 April 2019 for Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 and Xbox One The game was published by THQ Nordic 13 On 7 June 2019 THQ Nordic announced a remake of the 2005 science fiction game Destroy All Humans is in development at Black Forest Studios set for a release in 2020 for Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 and Xbox One The remake will feature content that was cut from the original release developed by Pandemic Studios 14 The game was officially announced in June 2019 An extended gameplay demo was launched at E3 2019 15 In August 2019 Google announced that the game will also be available for Stadia 16 In August 2023 it was announced that Black Forest Studios would develop a game based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Last Ronin with the game set to release on PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X S and Microsoft Windows 17 Games developed editYear Title Platform s 2012 Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams Microsoft Windows2013 PlayStation 3 Wii U Xbox 360Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams Rise of the Owlverlord Microsoft Windows2014 Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams Directors Cut PlayStation 4 Xbox One2015 Giana Sisters Dream Runners Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One2016 Rogue Stormers Linux Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox OneTitan Quest Anniversary Edition Microsoft Windows2017 Bubsy The Woolies Strike Back Microsoft Windows PlayStation 42018 Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams Owltimate Edition Nintendo SwitchTitan Quest Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One2019 Fade to Silence2020 Destroy All Humans Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 Stadia Xbox One2021 Nintendo Switch2022 Destroy All Humans Clone Carnage Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox OneDestroy All Humans 2 Reprobed Microsoft Windows PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X S2023 PlayStation 4 Xbox OneTBA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Last Ronin Microsoft Windows PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X SReferences edit Frohlich Petra 16 January 2023 Die grossten Games Studios in Deutschland 2023 Update The largest game studios in Germany in 2023 update GamesWirtschaft in German Archived from the original on 21 January 2023 Retrieved 21 January 2023 McAloon Alissa 21 August 2017 THQ Nordic picks up Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams dev Black Forest Games Gamasutra Wingefors Lars 27 August 2019 THQ Nordic Annual Report 2018 19 PDF Cision a b Steinlechner Peter 13 July 2012 Nach Insolvenz Spellbound wird zu Black Forest Games After insolvency Spellbound becomes Black Forest Games Golem de in German a b Gera Emily 13 July 2012 Gothic 4 developer emerges from insolvency as Black Forest Games Polygon Holmes Mike 13 July 2012 Black Forest Games launch Gamereactor Giana Sisters Twisted DreamsGiana Sisters Twisted Dreams a platformer with a twist Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 10 June 2019 Project Giana by Black Forest Games Dag Frommhold Managing Partner Trinigy GDC 2010 San Francisco CAIDIA GPU Computing Theater Archived from the original on 20 November 2012 Retrieved 10 January 2013 DieselStormers Kickstarter Save 75 on Rogue Stormers on Steam store steampowered com Blog Black Forest Games Archived from the original on 18 April 2016 Retrieved 29 October 2015 Roemer Dan 7 December 2017 New Early Access survival game Fade to Silence leaked ahead of The Game Awards Destructoid Retrieved 7 December 2017 Yin Poole Wesley 7 June 2019 The trailer for the Destroy All Humans remake is certainly something Eurogamer Retrieved 8 June 2019 Destroy All Humans Remake 15 Minutes Of Cinematics And Extended Gameplay Demo E3 2019 GameSpot 13 June 2019 Romano Sal 19 August 2019 Destroy All Humans remake adds Stadia version Gematsu Retrieved 19 August 2019 Lyles Taylor 11 August 2023 Destroy All Humans Studio Announced As TMNT The Last Ronin Developer IGN Retrieved 11 August 2023 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Black Forest Games amp oldid 1179661865, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
