Kalypso Media

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Kalypso Media Group GmbH

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legal form GmbH
founding 2006
Seat Worms (Germany)
management Simon Hellwig
Number of employees 100 (as of November 2019)
Branch Computer games
Website www.kalypsomedia.com

The Kalypso Media Group is a developer and publisher of interactive computer games with 100 employees in seven locations in Germany, England and the United States. The group of companies includes Kalypso Media Group GmbH in Worms , Kalypso Media UK Ltd. in Bracknell , Kalypso Media USA Inc. in Ridgewood , Kalypso Media Digital Ltd. based in Great Britain and Kalypso Media Mobile in Hamburg, which was launched in 2015 . The company also has two of its own development studios: Realmforge Studios (Munich) and Gaming Minds Studios (Gütersloh). Kalypso Media's products include the Tropico series, the Sudden Strike series, Railway Empire and Dungeons 3 .

history

Kalypso Media was founded in summer 2006 by Simon Hellwig and Stefan Marcinek in Worms. Just one year after it was founded, in the summer of 2007, a branch was founded in Bracknell in Great Britain and in June 2009 a branch in Baltimore in the USA. Kalypso Media Digital Ltd., also founded in the UK in summer 2009 is responsible for the online marketing of its own games and products from other providers.

Kalypso Media has several of its own development studios. In November 2008 Kalypso founded the subsidiary Realmforge Studios GmbH based in Munich. Boxed Dreams , developer of the adventure Ceville , was fully integrated into the new company. After the well-known computer game developer Ascaron from Gütersloh filed for bankruptcy in June 2009, Kalypso founded Gaming Minds Studios GmbH, also based in Gütersloh, where 15 former Ascaron employees were taken over. Kalypso had also acquired the trademark rights to many game series from Ascaron, which are now being further developed by Gaming Minds. After the Berlin game manufacturer The Games Company had to file for bankruptcy in July 2010, Kalypso took over the rights to some of the brands of the insolvent company (including Demonicon & Uciti) in September. 17 employees of the Silver Style Entertainment studio, which is also part of The Games Company, were also taken over and worked in the newly founded Berlin studio Noumena Studios . In 2014, Noumena Studios was renamed Skilltree Studios, and in 2016 the studio was closed.

From March 2013 to at least August 2014 Kalypso published its own podcast, called "KalypsoCast", at irregular intervals (every four to six weeks) via iTunes . From the eleventh edition in November 2013, the podcast was also available as a videocast on YouTube. Regular guests were the then Kalypso managing director Stefan Marcinek, PR manager Bernd Berheide and the producers and product managers Christian Schlütter, Timo Thomas and Dennis Blumenthal. In April 2014, Kalypso Media Mobile GmbH was founded in Berlin. The first mobile and tablet games appeared in May 2015.

In January 2016, Stefan Marcinek sold his shares in Kalypso Media and left the company, so that Simon Hellwig became the sole shareholder.

Since July 2018, all rights to the titles of Pyro Studios ( Commandos , Imperial Glory , Praetorians ) belong to the portfolio of Kalypso Media Group.

Published games (selection)

year game Studio genre
2007 Galactic Civilizations II (Ultimate Edition) Stardock entertainment strategy
2007 Jack Keane 10tacle Studios Adventure
2007 Penumbra Frictional Games Adventure
2007 Star Assault GamesArk Action
2007 Theater of War 1C strategy
2007 Weird Wars Mirage Interactive RPG
2008 Agon: The Lost Sword of Toledo Private Moon Studios Adventure
2008 Roman empire Haemimont Games strategy
2008 Sins of a Solar Empire Ironclad Games strategy
2008 The Political Machine 2008 Stardock entertainment simulation
2009 Gobliiins 4 Société Pollene Adventure
2009 Napoleon's Campaigns AGEOD strategy
2009
2010
  • Patrician 4 (Windows)
  • Disciples III - Renaissance (Windows)
  • Darkstar One - Broken Alliance (Xbox 360)
  • Tropico 3 - Absolute Power (Windows)
  • Pole Position 2010 (Windows)
  • MUD TV (Windows)
  • Cultures - Online (Windows)
2011
2012
2013
2014
  • Tropico 5 (Linux / macOS / PlayStation 4 / Windows / Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
2015
  • Grand Ages: Medieval (Linux / macOS / PlayStation 4 / Windows)
  • Crowntakers (Android / iOS / Linux / macOS / Windows)
  • Dungeons 2 (Linux / macOS / PlayStation 4 / Windows)
  • Crookz - The Big Heist (Linux / macOS / Windows)
  • Jump the Rope (Android / iOS)
2016
  • Air Conflicts: Double Pack (PlayStation 4)
  • Project Highrise (Windows)
2017
  • Urban Empire (Windows)
  • Vikings: Wolves of Midgard (Linux / macOS / PlayStation 4 / Windows / Xbox One)
  • Sudden Strike 4 (Linux / macOS / PlayStation 4 / Windows)
  • Dungeons 3 (Linux / macOS / PlayStation 4 / Windows / Xbox One)
2018
2019
  • Tropico 6 (Windows / macOS / Linux / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mediabiz.de : Hellwig and Marcinek found Kalypso Media , August 21, 2006. Accessed October 12, 2011
  2. ↑ Gameswelt.de: kalpyso Media: New developer studio founded: Realmforge Studios. Retrieved August 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ 4Players : Bankruptcy of The Ascaron , July 31, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2011
  4. ↑ Golem.de : The Patrician III comes from the new Kalypso studio , June 18, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  5. ↑ Golem.de: Kalypso takes over the Silver Style developer studio. Retrieved July 25, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Gameswelt.de: Kalypso closes the Berlin studio. Retrieved July 25, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Podcasters.de: KalypsoCast - The Kalypso Media Podcast ( Memento from March 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ MakingGames.biz: Management Buyout ?? Stefan Marcinek is leaving Kalypso Media. Retrieved August 9, 2020 .
  9. ^ Kalypso Media Group GmbH. In: game. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Kalypso Media: All brands and assets of Pyro Studios taken over, including Commandos - 4Players.de. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .