Teut Weidemann

Teut Weidemann (* 1965 ) is a German game developer and producer. He is one of the first professional game developers in Germany.

Weidemann had his first contact with computers while he was still at school in 1981. In 1987 he briefly began studying physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , but then decided to join Rainbow Arts and Softgold in North Rhine-Westphalia as Development Director to work. There he was involved in the development of more than 30 games, including Katakis , X-Out , R-Type (conversion only) and MUDS , and worked there with other pioneers in the German game development scene, such as Chris Hülsbeck or Boris Schneider-Johne .

After more than three years he left Rainbow Arts and Softgold and then worked in various positions, including a time at Microsoft in Seattle .

In 1996 he founded his own development studio, Wings Simulations , in Hattingen , North Rhine-Westphalia . Wings Simulations published titles such as Panzer Elite and Mercenary: Secret Wars . The studio was taken over in 2000 by the Austrian game publisher JoWood . After a restructuring and financial difficulties at JoWood, Wings Simulations finally had to close in 2005, shortly after the add-on Mercenary: Marine Corps was released.

Weidemann then worked from 2005 to 2007 as a board member at cdv Software Entertainment . Today he works as a freelance consultant for online entertainment and is also a lecturer at various educational institutions, such as the Ludwigsburg Film Academy or, until 2009, at the Media Design University in Düsseldorf .

From 2009 to 2015 he worked as a consultant for Ubisoft Blue Byte and, as a designer and online specialist, was involved in the project Die Siedler Online .

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Teut Weidemann appears as a bishop in Wizardry IV , as he was one of the big fans in the 1980s.

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SURNAME	Weidemann, Teut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German game developer and producer
DATE OF BIRTH	1965