DTP entertainment
DTP Entertainment AG (formerly known as DTP Neue Medien AG) was a German video game publisher founded in 1995 by Thomas Baur and located in Hamburg. At its time, it was one of Germany's leading game publishers. DTP was known for having published a high number of games which were developed in Germany, especially adventure games.
DTP entertainment
- Name
- DTP Entertainment AG
- Founded
- 1995
- Headquarters
- Hamburg
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DTP Entertainment AG (formerly known as DTP Neue Medien AG) was a German video game publisher founded in 1995 by Thomas Baur and located in Hamburg. At its time, it was one of Germany's leading game publishers. DTP was known for having published a high number of games which were developed in Germany, especially adventure games.
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Overview
The company was also acting as a video game distributor. In 2004, a new subsidiary, DTP Young Entertainment, was opened, which specialises in development and publishing of educational software and games for children. In 2007, DTP Entertainment bought 4HEAD Studios and changed it into Cranberry Productions, which is located in Hannover, and opened a new studio, RealU, located in Singapore. In 2008, DTP bought House of Tales, a Bremen-based developer. In 2012 the company declared insolvency. Since then, several adventure licenses have been picked up by Swedish publisher Nordic Games.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — DTP Entertainment AG • Type — Private • Defunct — 2012 • Fate — Insolvency • Hq Location — Hamburg, Germany • Industry — Video games • Revenue — c. €50 million • Num Employees — c. 140 (as of 2014) • Subsidiaries — Cranberry Productions RealU House of Tales • Website — dtp-entertainment.com
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Institutional history
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1995
DTP entertainment established.
1995
DTP entertainment is recorded from 1995.
2012
DTP entertainment ceased.
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Games published
• Crash Time 5 - Undercover (2012) • Awesomenauts (2012) • TNT Racers (2012) • Crazy Machines Elements (2011) • The Cursed Crusade (2011) • Crash Time 4 - The Syndicate (2010) • Gray Matter (2010) • Crazy Golf (2010) • Drakensang: The River of Time (2010) • Black Sails: Das Geisterschiff (2010) • So Blonde: Back to the Island (2010) • King's Bounty: Armored Princess (2010) • Black Mirror II (2009) • Venetica (2009) • Divinity II: Ego Draconis (2009) • Crazy Machines 2 (2009) • Giana Sisters DS (2009) • Memento Mori (2008) • So Blonde (2008) • Windchaser (2008) • Drakensang: The Dark Eye (2008) • Red Ocean (2007) • Legend – Hand of God (2007) • Undercover: Doppeltes Spiel (2007) • The Mystery of the Druids (2001)
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- “DTP Entertainment”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q174891: DTP entertainment
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10346262-4, Dtp Entertainment AG (Hamburg).
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 10346262-4, Dtp Entertainment AG (Hamburg).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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