BitComposer Entertainment

BitComposer Entertainment
Private
Industry Video gaming
Founded March 2009
Headquarters Eschborn, Germany
Website www.bit-composer.com/www_en/

BitComposer Entertainment AG[1] is a video game publisher headquartered in Eschborn, Germany. Founded in March 2009 as BitComposer Games GmbH, the company focuses on PC, console, mobile, and online platforms. In December 2010, BitComposer founded the subsidiary BitComposer Online to focus on developing and distributing free-to-play online and browser games.[2] BitComposer releases international and local titles in physical media and digital download formats. BitComposer changed its name to BitComposer Entertainment AG on December 22, 2011.[3] BitComposer Entertainment continues to publish its PC, console and handheld titles under the BitComposer Games label.[4]

BitComposer owns the rights to the Jagged Alliance license.[5] In December 2012, BitComposer was involved in a dispute with GSC Game World over ownership of the rights to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game license.[6] In 2013, BitComposer had a public dispute with developer Coreplay over the funding and release of the canceled role-playing game Chaos Chronicles.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Official sources typeset the company name with a lowercase initial letter, i.e., bitComposer.
  2. ↑ "bitComposer Games GmbH is expanding". BitComposer. December 8, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Out of bitComposer Games GmbH comes bitComposer Entertainment AG". BitComposer. January 20, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Key Players: The German Games Industry Compendium". Making Games. p. 77. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ Caoili, Eric (March 9, 2010). "BitComposer Releasing Jagged Alliance 3 In 2011". Gamasutra. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ Rose, Mike (December 12, 2012). "Dispute ensues over rights to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise". Gamasutra. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ "RPG Codex Exclusive Interview: bitComposer's Take on the Chaos Chronicles Dispute". RPG Codex. 8 August 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  8. ↑ "BitComposer and Coreplay Give Their Versions on Chaos Chronicles Dispute". GameBanshee. 1 August 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2014.

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