Chimera Entertainment
| Chimera Entertainment GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2006 |
| Seat | Munich , Germany |
| management | Christian Kluckner Hendrik Lesser |
| Number of employees | 35+ |
| Branch | Computer games |
| Website | [1] |
Chimera Entertainment is an independent developer studio for digital entertainment software with a focus on mobile games, online games and cross-platform developments. The company, which received the LARA Startup Award in 2007, employs more than 35 people in Munich and is the largest developer studio in the developer network of the production house remote control productions . The development studio has already developed more than 15 games such as Angry Birds Epic , John Woo's Bloodstroke and Warstory - Europe in Flames distributed over five different platforms . Chimera Entertainment has worked with partners such as Rovio , DeNA, Audi , Bigpoint and Koch Media in the past .
history
Chimera Entertainment was founded in 2006 by Alexander Kehr and Christian Kluckner, both graduates of the Munich Mediadesign Hochschule (MDH), together with Hendrik Lesser and his production house remote control productions. Kehr and Kluckner were among the first game design graduates from Munich-based MDH and the successful collaboration on their final project led to the establishment of the joint company.
Kehr, who started developing card and board games at the age of six, and Kluckner, who had over four years of experience as a programmer, got help from Hendrik Lesser and his newly founded production house remote control productions . As an experienced producer, Lesser provided part of the management team at Chimera Entertainment.
In 2007, Chimera received the LARA Start Up Award sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Bavaria. Chimera Entertainment's first project was the real-time strategy game Windchaser ( Windows ). The game combines elements from popular RTS games, role-playing games and turn-based tactical games into an independent game idea and takes place in a fantasy world called Ensai, which was created based on an idea by Kehr.
In 2009, in cooperation with BBG Entertainment, Chimera published the game Brain Training with Dr. Kawashima for Windows and Mac OS , based on the studies of the Japanese neuroscientist Ryūta Kawashima . In cooperation with Bigpoint Chimera Entertainment released a year later, the strategy game Warstory - Europe in Flames , a Microsoft Silverlight - browser game that plays during the time of World War II.
In the years that followed, Chimera took on some commissioned work and released several games for various platforms. In cooperation with Rovio , Chimera Entertainment also developed the new Angry Birds game Angry Birds Epic , which was released in June 2014 for iOS , Windows Phone and Android .
Developed games
The debut title was Windchaser ( Windows ) appeared in May 2008. Various commissioned works followed, including brain training with Dr. Kawashima (Windows, Mac OS ), memory HD , Demolition Dash and Happy Hills (all iOS ). In 2010, Chimera completed its first MMO browser game, Warstory - Europe in Flames , which was published in cooperation with Bigpoint . Chimera Entertainment is the official developer for Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii , Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation . The studio is currently working on various projects for web browsers , smartphones and consoles .
| year | game | Platform (s) | genre |
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| 2008 | Windchaser | Windows | Strategy RPG |
| 2009 | Farm fever | iOS | Puzzler |
| 2009 | Brain training with Dr. Kawashima | Windows , Mac | Puzzler |
| 2009 | Oktoberfest fever | iOS | Puzzler |
| 2010 | Memory (HD) | iOS | Puzzler |
| 2010 | Warstory - Europe in Flames | Browser | Strategy MMO |
| 2012 | Demolition Dash | iOS | Runner |
| 2012 | Happy Hills | iOS , Android | Physical puzzler |
| 2012 | Towers & Dungeons | iOS | Tower builder |
| 2012 | Sara's Cooking Class | iOS , Android | Cooking app |
| 2012 | Word Wonders | iOS , Windows | Word puzzle |
| 2012 | Skylancer | Browser | Strategy MMO |
| 2012 | Mission: Genesis | Browser | Strategy MMO |
| 2013 | Hoppetee! | iOS | Runner |
| 2013 | Happy Hills 2 | iOS | Physical puzzler |
| 2014 | John Woo's Bloodstroke | iOS , Android | Action |
| 2014 | Angry Birds Epic | iOS , Windows Phone , Android | RPG |
Awards
- LARA Startup Award 2007
- German Developer Prize 2008, Winner Sponsorship Prize
- German Developer Award 2011, Winner Best Mobile Game of the Year (Game: Demolition Dash )
- German Computer Game Award 2013, Winner Best Mobile Game (Game: Word Wonders )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Viktor Pulz: Angry Birds Epic was developed by Chimera Entertainment. In: Newsslash. June 13, 2014, accessed June 20, 2014 .
- ↑ Bloodstroke. (No longer available online.) In: Chimera Entertainment, Homepage. Archived from the original on June 14, 2014 ; accessed on June 13, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Warstory - Europe in Flames. (No longer available online.) In: Chimera Entertainment, Homepage. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; accessed on June 13, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Who are we? (No longer available online.) In: Chimera Entertainment, Homepage. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014 ; Retrieved July 7, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Who are we? (No longer available online.) In: Chimera Entertainment, Homepage. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014 ; Retrieved July 7, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hendrik Lesser. (No longer available online.) In: Deutsche Gamestage, Homepage. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; Retrieved June 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Award winners 2007. (No longer available online.) In: LARA Award, Homepage. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014 ; accessed on June 13, 2014 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Schlien Schürmann: People from Munich make epic games. In: BR Plus. July 2, 2014, archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; Retrieved July 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Award winners 2007. (No longer available online.) In: LARA Award, Homepage. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014 ; accessed on June 13, 2014 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The list of winners 2008. In: German developer award, homepage. October 16, 2008, accessed June 13, 2014 (German).
- ↑ The list of winners 2011. In: German developer award, homepage. October 16, 2008, accessed June 13, 2014 (German).
- ↑ Prize Winner 2013. (No longer available online.) In: Deutscher Computerspielpreis, Homepage. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014 ; accessed on June 13, 2014 (German).
