Ravensburger Interactive Media

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Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding 1992
resolution 2002
Reason for dissolution completion
Seat Ravensburg
management Thomas Kirchenkamp (2002)
sales € 12 million (2002)
Branch Computer games

The Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH was a subsidiary of Ravensburger AG for the publication of computer games . The company was founded, according to social contract on February 21 1992nd

In addition to computer games, the business areas of music and video were also served. Games for "die-hard" PC gamers were released under the Fishtank label. The Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH in 2001 achieved sales of 27 million DM .

resolution

The Ravensburger Group decided in 2002 to discontinue the business activities of Ravensburger Interactive Media after the market development for CD-ROM computer games was assessed as unsatisfactory. Ravensburger AG wanted to part with loss-makers such as CD-ROMs and learning computers.

Large parts of Ravensburger Interactive Media were sold to the publisher JoWood as part of an asset deal . Among other things, the computer game productions Arx Fatalis , Wildlife Park and the porting of Aquanox for PlayStation 2 were taken over by JoWood. JoWood took over Fishtank Interactive including all licenses. In addition, the managing director of Ravensburger Interactive, Thomas Kirchenkamp, ​​moved to the board of JoWood.

Ravensburger Interactive had already signed a contract with the developer Headfirst Productions for the development of the game Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth . In return for the exclusive marketing by Ravensburger Interactive, payments have already been made to Headfirst. Bethesda Softworks took over further financing and ultimately marketing of the game . Ravensburger agreed in a settlement agreement with Headfirst to give up the rights to the game for future payments of 800,000 euros, but this did not occur due to the insolvency of Headfirst Productions.

The headquarters of Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH were later relocated from Ravensburg to Munich , the name was changed to Ravensburger Digital GmbH and the company was finally merged with Ravensburger AG in 2017. From 2009, Ravensburger Digital GmbH published app implementations of board games and puzzles for smartphones and tablets , before this division was incorporated into Ravensburger AG as a digital department in 2017.

Published games (selection)

  • Action :
  • Girl games :
    • The mega horse box
    • Celebrate with Baby Born
    • Hanni and Nanni save the horses
    • What's going on with Hanni and Nanni?
  • Thinking and learning games :
    • The new spelling game
    • Philipp's animal quiz
    • Quiz & Co. 1
    • Quiz & Co. 2
    • Quiz & Co. 3
    • Quiz & Co. 4
    • Quiz & Co. Horses
    • Quiz & Co. animals
  • Strategy games :
  • Adventures :
    • Pharaoh's tomb
    • The curse of the Aztecs
    • The little Vampire
    • The little vampire 2 - the missing coffin
    • The Knickerbocker Gang - The Phantom in the subway
    • The Knickerbocker Gang - Disappeared in the dinosaur country
    • Five friends - the secret of the silver tower
    • Five friends - dangerous discovery
    • Five friends on the hunt for kidnappers
    • Five friends on a treasure hunt
    • Treason in the Forbidden City
    • Versailles 1685 - Conspiracy at court
    • Pink Panther's dangerous mission
    • Pink Panther and the magic formula
  • Interactive books
    • When a prince goes to school
    • The princess and the dragon

Under the label Fishtank Interactive

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Rottenmann: JoWooD takes over Ravensburger Interactive. In: GamesMarkt mediabiz. May 23, 2002, accessed August 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ravensburger again with a profit / only withdrawal from the computer games market / marketing planned to promote reading. In: BuchMarkt . June 12, 2002, accessed August 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b In good shape again. In: Entrepreneur magazine. Retrieved August 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Ravensburger brings video games onto the market for the first time. In: Hamburger Morgenpost . February 3, 1999, accessed August 16, 2019 .
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  11. ↑ Jörg Luibl: JoWooD brings Aquanox to the PS2. In: 4Players . June 4, 2002, accessed August 16, 2019 .
  12. ^ Civil Action No. AW-06-0950. (PDF) Document 12. In: ia600805.us.archive.org. Retrieved on August 16, 2019 .
  13. ^ Civil Action No. AW-06-0950. (PDF) Document 28. In: ia600805.us.archive.org. Retrieved on August 16, 2019 .
  14. ^ Ravensburger Digital GmbH, Munich. In: North Data. Retrieved August 16, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Ravensburger Digital is being rebuilt. In: GamesWirtschaft. January 13, 2017, accessed August 29, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Ravensburger Products - PC Games. Action. Archived from the original on February 9, 2002 ; accessed on August 16, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Thorsten Wiesner: Snogging instead of shooting: The Uli-Stein-Kiss-Shooter. In: Golem.de . May 11, 2001, Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Ravensburger Products - PC Games. Girl's special. Archived from the original on September 3, 2001 ; accessed on August 16, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Ravensburger Products - PC Games. Brain games. Archived from the original on September 3, 2001 ; accessed on August 16, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Ravensburger Products - PC Games. Strategy. Archived from the original on September 3, 2001 ; accessed on August 16, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Ravensburger Products - PC Games. Adventure. Archived from the original on April 17, 2002 ; accessed on August 16, 2019 .
  22. ↑ a b Ravensburger Interactive. Age group: kids. Archived from the original on November 1, 2000 ; accessed on August 16, 2019 .