Dreamcatcher Interactive
| Dreamcatcher Interactive
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1996 |
| resolution | 2011 |
| Reason for dissolution | Parent company bankruptcy |
| Seat | Toronto |
| Branch | Software development |
| Website | dreamcatchergames.com |
Dreamcatcher Interactive was a Canadian game publisher. The company was founded in 1996 by Richard Wah Kan in Toronto . In 2003 the company's own publishing label The Adventure Company was founded . In 2006 Dreamcatcher was taken over by the Austrian game publisher JoWooD . After JoWooD's bankruptcy in 2011, all of DreamCatcher's trademark rights were also sold to Nordic Games .
Company history
After it was founded in 1996, Dreamcatcher mainly published adventure and simple strategy games. In March 2000, the French publisher Cryo Interactive Entertainment took over a majority stake in Dreamcatcher, whereby Dreamcatcher took over the publication of all Cryo titles for the North American market. In January 2002 Dreamcatcher founded his publishing label The Adventure Company, which specialized in the publication of adventure games. Despite the bankruptcy and closure of Cryos, Dreamcatcher was able to continue business operations and opened a European office in Paris for the first time in January 2003.
In November 2006 the Austrian publisher JoWooD announced the takeover of Dreamcatchers in order to expand its market position in the North American market. Dreamcatcher subsequently distributed the JoWooD product catalog for North America. In 2011 JoWooD had to file for bankruptcy, in August 2011 Nordic Games acquired all rights from JoWooD and the naming rights to The Adventure Company. On November 17th, Nordic Games also announced the acquisition of all trademark and game title rights from DreamCatcher. Since then, Dreamcatcher has only served as a publishing label for Nordic Games.
Games
List of games released by Dreamcatcher, including titles under the The Adventure Company label. The publications refer primarily to the North American region. The publication of these titles in Europe often took place via Cryo Interactive Entertainment or JoWooD.
- Atlantis (1997)
- Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis (1999)
- Atlantis: The New World (2001)
- Schizm (2001)
- Arx Fatalis (2002)
- Atlantis Evolution (2004)
- ObsCure (2004)
- Painkiller (2004)
- Dungeon Lords (2005)
- Evil Under the Sun (2007)
- Dead Reefs (2007)
Web links
- Dreamcatcher Interactive at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quang Hong: Cryo Acquires Dreamcatcher ( English ) In: Gamasutra . UBM, plc . March 3, 2000. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ↑ Trey Walker: DreamCatcher launches The Adventure Company ( English ) GameSpot . January 10, 2002. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ^ Cryo bankruptcy: Modern Games + Dreamcatcher saved . In: PC Games . Computec Media Group . July 9, 2002. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ↑ Justin Calvert: DreamCatcher opens European office ( English ) GameSpot . January 31, 2003. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ↑ David Jenkins: JoWooD Acquires DreamCatcher ( English ) In: Gamasutra . UBM, plc . November 6, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ^ Nordic Games Holding AB Group Acquires JoWood & The Adventure Company . Nordic Games. August 16, 2011. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved on August 17, 2011.
- ^ Nordic Games Holding AB Group acquires DreamCatcher . Nordic Games GmbH. November 17, 2011. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011. Retrieved on December 11, 2011.
