Massive Development
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1994 private 2000 subsidiary of JoWooD | |
| Industry | Computer and video games |
| Founded | October 1994 |
| Defunct | May 2005 |
| Headquarters | Mannheim, Germany |
Key people | Alexander Jorias, Ingo Frick, Oliver Weirich (founders)[1] |
| Products | Video games |
| Website | www.massive.de (archived version) |
Massive Development was a computer and video game developer based in Mannheim, Germany. The company was active between 1994 and 2005 and is primarily known for their post-apocalyptic science fiction video games Archimedean Dynasty and AquaNox, which have attained somewhat of a cult status.
History
Massive Development was founded in 1994 by Alexander Jorias, Ingo Frick and Oliver Weirich in Mannheim. Their first product was the porting of an Amiga game, The Settlers, to the PC platform, in 1994. In 1996 they released the successful[2][3] science-fiction submarine RPG Archimedean Dynasty, published by BlueByte.[4]
In December 2000 Massive Development was bought by the Austrian publisher JoWooD.[5] Until 2001 Massive Development worked on its own game engine called KRASS-Engine, which was used for their next title AquaNox.[6] It was one of the first games to make use of the new capabilities of graphic cards with hardware T&L, which is why AquaNox was also bundled with new graphic cards. In 2003 the second part of AquaNox was published.[7] In May 2005 the development studio was closed by JoWooD,[8] and the development of AquaNox 2: The Angel's Tears for the PS2 was halted.[9]
Two of the original founders, Alexander Jorias and Ingo Frick, working now on a 3D-Chat with Social Networking Features, Club Cooee.[10][11]
Products
- The Settlers (1994) (PC port) - released in the US as Serf City: Life is Feudal[12]
- Archimedean Dynasty (1996) - original title Schleichfahrt, meaning "Silent Running"
- KRASS Engine (2001) - base of AquaNox and SpellForce[13]
- AquaNox (2001)
- AquaNox 2: Revelation (2003)
- AquaMark
External links
References
- ↑ "Massive ist krass!" (in German). KrawallGamingNetwork. 2000-11-24. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ↑ Powerplay 12/96: Schleichfahrt - archived version on Kultboy.de (german)
- ↑ "Schleichfahrt - Presseberichte - Deutschland" (in German). massive.de. 2001-02-21. Archived from the original on 2001-02-21. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ↑ Schleichfahrt Bedienungsanleitung (pdf). Blue Byte Software GmbH. 2000. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
- ↑ "JoWooD: Übernimmt Massive Development". massive.de. 2000-12-14. Archived from the original on 2001-02-03. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ↑ "Technische Eigenschaften Krass Engine". massive.de. 2001-04-12. Archived from the original on 2001-04-12. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ↑ Minkley, Johnny (2002-09-24). "Interview: AquaNox 2 surfaces". computerandvideogames.com. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ↑ JoWooD schließt Studio - medibiz.de (Rottenmann, 2005-05-30, german)
- ↑ Verena Vlajo: Stop of Development "Aquanox 2: The Angel’s Tears". 23. May 2008.
- ↑ "Interview mit Stefan Lemper von Club Cooee" (in German). gamebizz.de. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ↑ "Alexander Jorias" (in German). xing.com. 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ↑ "Umsetzung Siedler 1 auf PC" (in German). massive.de. 2002-08-17. Archived from the original on 2002-08-17. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ↑ Aihoshi, Richard (2003-12-09). "SpellForce - The Order of Dawn Interview, Part 2 , Page 2". RPG Vault. Retrieved 2011-01-16.