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Blue Byte Mainz

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Type
  
Division of Blue Byte

Website
  
bluebyte.com

Number of employees
  
50 (2014)

Parent organizations
  
Blue Byte, Ubisoft

Industry
  
Video game industry

Headquarters
  
Mainz, Germany

Ceased operations
  
June 18, 2014

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Key people
  
Thomas Pottkämper Burkhard Ratheiser Thomas Stein Jens Vielhaben

Founded
  
January 1995, Mainz, Germany

Founders
  
Burkhard Ratheiser, Thomas Stein, Thomas Pottkämper, Jens Vielhaben

Blue Byte Mainz (formerly Related Designs Software GmbH) is a German video game developer which specializes in strategy games. In April 2007, Ubisoft gained a 29.95% stake in the company after acquiring the former stakeholder, Sunflowers Interactive. In April 2013, Ubisoft got hold of the remaining 70.05% of stake, thus making Related Designs a wholly owned subsidiary. In June 2014, Related Designs was made a division of Blue Byte, and reincorporated as Blue Byte Mainz.

Games developed

  • America (2000)
  • America: Add-on (2001)
  • No Man's Land (2003)
  • Castle Strike (2003)
  • Anno 1701 (2006)
  • Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon (2008)
  • Anno 1404 (2009)
  • Anno 1404: Venice (2010)
  • Anno 2070 (2011)
  • Anno 2070: Deep Ocean (2012)
  • Might & Magic Heroes Online (2014)
  • Anno 2205 (2015)

    • References

    Blue Byte Mainz Wikipedia
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