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. The company was also acting as a video game distributor.

DTP Entertainment AG
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded1995 (1995)
Defunct2012
FateInsolvency
HeadquartersHamburg, Germany
Revenuec. €50 million[1]
Number of employees
c. 140 (as of 2014)[2]
SubsidiariesCranberry Productions
RealU
House of Tales
Websitedtp-entertainment.com

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.[3] In 2008, DTP bought House of Tales, a Bremen-based developer.

In 2012 the company declared insolvency.[4] Since then, several adventure licenses have been picked up by Swedish publisher Nordic Games.[5][6]

Games published

References
  1. Deutsche Bank Global Banking: dtp entertainment
  2. dtp Corporate
  3. Welsh, Oli (2 October 2008). "Getting to know the Real U". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. dtp Entertainment meldet Insolvenz an, Golem.de (29. April 2012)
  5. Münster, Tobias (11 April 2014). "Black Mirror – Nordic Games übernimmt Adventure-Marke". Gamestar.
  6. "Nordic acquires adventure games from Awesomenauts publisher | Joystiq". Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  7. "King's Bounty – Armored Princess PC". Retrieved 8 February 2012.


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