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Spellbound Entertainment

Spellbound Entertainment

Former German video game developer

Spellbound Entertainment AG was a German video game developer based in Offenburg. The company is best known for the Desperados series.

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They also developed Arcania: Gothic 4, part of the Gothic series and later its expansion, Arcania: Fall of Setarrif. It was Spellbound's first entry into the series, which was previously developed by Piranha Bytes.

History

Spellbound was founded in 1994 by Armin Gessert. They created video games for Windows computers, and other gaming systems.

In 2012 the company went into administration.[1] On 13th July 2012, they were re-founded as Black Forest Games, employing 40 of the former 65 staff members. [2][3][4][5]

Games developed

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