Massive Development GmbH
Moby ID: 1725
- Massive Development GbR (from 1994-10 to 1999-10)
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Massive Development GmbH was a development studio based in Mannheim, Germany. The company was established in 1994 as Massive Development GbR by Alexander Jorias and Ingo Frick. Their first project was the DOS port of Serf City: Life is Feudal (1994). In its history, the company has created several submarine action games, starting with Archimedean Dynasty (1996). In November 1999 the company was reincorporated as Massive Development GmbH.
In December 2000 the company was acquired by JoWooD Productions Software AG. They went on to create the AquaNox franchise with two games: AquaNox (2001) and AquaNox 2: Revelation (2003). A third in the game in the series, the PS2 title AquaNox: The Angel's Tears, was completed but never released as JoWood shut down the division in May 2005. The games ran on an in-house developed 3D engine, Krass, which later also powered the games in the SpellForce series.
Credited on 6 Games from 1994 to 2005
| Legend of Kay (2005 on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3) |
| SpellForce: The Order of Dawn (2003 on Windows) |
| AquaNox 2: Revelation (2003 on Windows) |
| AquaNox (2001 on Windows) |
| Archimedean Dynasty (1996 on DOS, Windows) |
| Serf City: Life is Feudal (1993 on DOS, Amiga) |
History +
- May 30, 2005
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The company is shut down by JoWooD Productions. The PS2 title AquaNox: The Angel's Tears they were working on was finished at the time.
- December 2000
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Company acquired by JoWooD Productions.
- November 1999
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The company reincorporates from Massive Development GbR to Massive Development GmbH.
- October 1994
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Company established.
Trivia +
The company website was located at www.massive.de
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 4 games with JoWooD Entertainment AG
- 3 games with GOG Limited
- 3 games with THQ Nordic GmbH
- 2 games with Violetmedia GmbH
- 2 games with Valve Corporation
- 2 games with CDP Sp. z o.o.
- 2 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 2 games with Encore, Inc.
- 2 games with Russobit-M
- 2 games with Ubisoft Düsseldorf
- 4 games with Alexander Jorias
- 4 games with Ingo Frick
- 3 games with Helmut Halfmann
- 3 games with Fritz Neuhofer
- 3 games with Steffen Bendel
- 3 games with Oliver Weirich
- 3 games with Wolfgang Walk
- 3 games with Philip Scott
- 3 games with Kevin Strange
- 3 games with Gerhard Neuhofer
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