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Find sources: "CDV Software" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) CDV Software Entertainment AG Type Aktiengesellschaft Industry Video games Founder Wolfgang Gäbler Number of employees Around 100[1] Old logo **CDV Software Entertainment AG** (formerly **CDV Software GmbH**, stylized as **cdv**) was a German [publisher](/source/Video_game_publisher) of [video games](/source/Video_game) founded 1989 in [Karlsruhe](/source/Karlsruhe). In April 2000 CDV became a Frankfurt [stock market](/source/Stock_market) traded company.[2] In the beginning of the 2000s, CDV was the biggest German publisher in the German video game market. As of the 2006 annual financial statements, the company also reported balance sheet over-indebtedness of EUR 1.9 million, which is, however, covered by a subordinated loan taken out in 2005 in the amount of EUR 3.8 million.[3] The company's financial position is based on a balance sheet of EUR 1.9 million. They opened a UK office in 2008.[4] In 2010, [VG247](/source/VG247) reported that they filed for preliminary insolvency when [SouthPeak Games](/source/SouthPeak_Games) failed to pay a settlement.[5] After only a few employees were still working in the company and the share price had been tumbling for some time, CDV filed for bankruptcy on 12 April 2010.[6] ## Published titles - *[American Conquest](/source/American_Conquest)* - *[Fight Back](/source/American_Conquest#Fight_Back)* (add-on) - *[Divided Nation](/source/American_Conquest#Divided_Nation)* (add-on) - *[Blitzkrieg](/source/Blitzkrieg_(video_game_series))* - *[Breed](/source/Breed_(video_game))* - *[Codename: Panzers – Phase One](/source/Codename%3A_Panzers_%E2%80%93_Phase_One)* - *[Codename: Panzers – Phase Two](/source/Codename%3A_Panzers_%E2%80%93_Phase_Two)* - *[Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord](/source/Combat_Mission%3A_Beyond_Overlord)* - *[Combat Mission II: Barbarossa to Berlin](/source/Combat_Mission_II%3A_Barbarossa_to_Berlin)* - *[Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps](/source/Combat_Mission_3%3A_Afrika_Korps)* - *[Cossacks: European Wars](/source/Cossacks%3A_European_Wars)* - *[Cossacks: The Art of War](/source/Cossacks%3A_European_Wars#Cossacks:_The_Art_of_War)* (add-on) - *[Cossacks: Back to War](/source/Cossacks%3A_European_Wars#Cossacks:_Back_to_War)* (stand-alone add-on) - *[Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars](/source/Cossacks_II%3A_Napoleonic_Wars)* - *[Cossacks II: Battle for Europe](/source/Cossacks_II%3A_Napoleonic_Wars#Cossacks_II:_Battle_for_Europe)* (stand-alone add-on) - *[Divine Divinity](/source/Divine_Divinity)* - *[Glory of the Roman Empire](/source/Glory_of_the_Roman_Empire)* - *[Grom: Terror in Tibet](/source/Grom%3A_Terror_in_Tibet)* - *[Gruntz](/source/Gruntz)* (Germany only)[7] - *[Hammer & Sickle](/source/Hammer_%26_Sickle)* - *[Hard Truck Apocalypse](/source/Hard_Truck_Apocalypse)* - *[Heaven and Hell](/source/Heaven_and_Hell_(video_game))* - *[L.A. Blaster](/source/L.A._Blaster)* - *[Lula: The Sexy Empire](/source/Lula%3A_The_Sexy_Empire)* - *[Lula 3D](/source/Lula_3D)* - *[Neocron](/source/Neocron)* - *[Night Watch](/source/Night_Watch_(video_game))* - *[Project Nomads](/source/Project_Nomads)* - *[Sacred 2: Fallen Angel](/source/Sacred_2%3A_Fallen_Angel)* (North America only) - *[Shadowgrounds: Survivor](/source/Shadowgrounds%3A_Survivor)* - *[Sudden Strike](/source/Sudden_Strike_(video_game))* - *[Sudden Strike 2](/source/Sudden_Strike_2)* - *[Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory](/source/Sudden_Strike_3%3A_Arms_for_Victory)* - *[The Mystery of the Druids](/source/The_Mystery_of_the_Druids)* - *[ÜberSoldier](/source/%C3%9CberSoldier)* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["cdv Company Profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20041207231056/http://www.cdv.de/index.php?sid=en030000). *cdv.de*. Archived from [the original](http://www.cdv.de/index.php?sid=en030000) on 2004-12-07. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["CDV Software Entertainment AG Geschäftstätigkeit, Finanzanalyse, Ausblick und Historie - boersen-zeitung.de"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150530003657/https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/index.php?li=70&l=0&isin=DE000A0MF053&portrait=LANGPROFIL). Archived from [the original](https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/index.php?li=70&l=0&isin=DE000A0MF053&portrait=LANGPROFIL) on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-29. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["QuartalsBericht"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070114011200/http://www.cdv.de/download/share/JA3Q-06-D.pdf) [Quarterly Report] (PDF) (in German). 2007-01-14. Archived from [the original](http://www.cdv.de/download/share/JA3Q-06-D.pdf) (PDF) on 2007-01-14. Retrieved 2022-11-13. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Martin, Matt (2008-07-22). ["cdv Software opens UK office"](http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/cdv-software-opens-uk-office). *[Gamesindustry.biz](/source/Gamesindustry.biz)*. Retrieved 2014-12-16. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Nunneley, Stephany (2010-04-15). ["cdv Software files for preliminary insolvency"](http://www.vg247.com/2010/04/15/cdv-software-files-for-preliminary-insolvency/). *[VG247](/source/VG247)*. Retrieved 2014-12-16. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["DGAP-Adhoc: cdv Software Entertainment AG: Insolvenzantrag"](https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2010-04/16606997-dgap-adhoc-cdv-software-entertainment-ag-insolvenzantrag-016.htm). *FinanzNachrichten.de* (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-28. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["PC Player Magazine - April 1999, page 8 and 85"](https://ia801605.us.archive.org/29/items/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-04/PC_Player_1999_04.pdf) (PDF). ## External links - ["Official website in German"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131006004349/http://www.cdv.de/). Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2005-07-16.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown)) - ["Official website in English (NA)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130130112329/http://www.cdvusa.com/). Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. 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