Limbic Entertainment

Not to be confused with American game developer Limbic Software.
Limbic Entertainment
Industry Video games
Founded September 19, 2002
Founder Stephan Winter
Eike Radunz
Alexander Frey
Headquarters Germany
Products Video games
Number of employees
 50
Website Official website

Limbic Entertainment is a game development company based in Germany.

Company details

The company was founded on September 19, 2002, by Stephan Winter, Eike Radunz and Alexander Frey and has about 50 employees. They developed the tenth installment in the Might and Magic video game series, Might & Magic X: Legacy, for Ubisoft Entertainment. Also for Ubisoft, they developed Might & Magic Heroes VI in collaboration with Black Hole Entertainment and Virtuos. In August 2014, Ubisoft announced that it would produce Might & Magic Heroes VII in cooperation with Limbic Entertainment.[1][2][3]

Limbic Entertainment focuses on game design and programming. Other jobs, as for example graphics, are usually outsourced (in case of Might and Magic X: Legacy they collaborated with Ubisoft Chengdu and Liquid Development).[4][5][6] The three founders of the company are former employees of Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software, a company that published games like Anno 1602, Anno 1503, and Anno 1701. On April 11, 2007, Ubisoft had acquired Sunflowers.

During the development of Might & Magic X: Legacy, the developers wrote a blog posts[7] in cooperation with the publisher, where they presented the game and discussed game features with the fans. This "OpenDev" phase has lasted since August 2013 (release of game Beta containing Act I) till game´s release in January 2014. Two months after Might and Magic X: Legacy release, on 27 March 2014 (together with last patch) the developer announced on game pages end of support for the game.[8]

In October 2016 Ubisoft announced the end of partnership wih Limbic.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "HOMMage: Might & Magic Heroes VII Announced - Rock, Paper, Shotgun".
  2. ↑ "Might & Magic Heroes VII announced, Limbic to develop". IncGamers.com.
  3. ↑ "You Can Help Decide The Fate Of The Newly Announced Might & Magic Heroes VII". www.GameInformer.com.
  4. ↑ "Limbic Entertainment".
  5. ↑ "Might & Magic X: Legacy Karthal - Screenshots and Art » Lightning Gaming News". Lightning Gaming News.
  6. ↑ Limbic Administrator. "Limbic Entertainment".
  7. ↑ "Open Dev - News".
  8. ↑ "MMX, The End of a Chapter. - Latest news - Might & Magic x Legacy".
  9. ↑ http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/282789/Ubisoft_cuts_ties_with_Might__Magic_dev_Limbic_Entertainment.php
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