{{short description|Former German video game developer}} {{Infobox company | name = Spellbound Entertainment AG | logo = Spellbound Entertainment.png | type = Public | successor = Black Forest Games | foundation = {{Start date and age|1994}} | defunct = {{End date and age|2012}} | fate = Administration | location_city = Offenburg | location_country = Germany | industry = Video games | products = ''Desperados'' series | num_employees = 65 | num_employees_year = 2012 }}
'''Spellbound Entertainment AG''' was a German video game developer based in Offenburg. The company is best known for the ''Desperados'' series.
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 and closed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gameswelt.ch/news/157432-Spellbound_Entertainment_AG_-_Deutscher_Entwickler_meldet_Insolvenz_an.html |title=Gameswelt - Dein Spielemagazin mit News, Tests, Specials, Videos, Tipps und Lösungen für PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, Wii U, 3DS und Nintendo Switch |access-date=2012-08-23 |archive-date=2020-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619145958/https://www.gameswelt.ch/news/157432-Spellbound_Entertainment_AG_-_Deutscher_Entwickler_meldet_Insolvenz_an.html/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 13 July 2012, the studio re-opened as Black Forest Games, employing 40 of the former 65 staff members. <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.gamestar.de/news/branche/2569952/spellbound.html | title=Spellbound Entertainment - Insolvenz überstanden & Umbenennung }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.black-forest-games.com/company/studio.html |title=Black Forest Games - Studio |access-date=2015-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211044843/http://black-forest-games.com/company/studio.html |archive-date=2012-12-11 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Golem.de: IT-News für Profis |url=https://www.golem.de/sonstiges/zustimmung/auswahl.html |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=www.golem.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=emilygera |date=2012-07-13 |title='Gothic 4' developer emerges from insolvency as Black Forest Games |url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/7/13/3156564/gothic-4-developer-emerges-from-insolvency-as-black-forest-games |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Games developed === * ''Perry Rhodan: Operation Eastside'' (1995; Fantasy Productions) * ''Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive'' (2001; Infogrames) * Untitled ''Desperados'' addon (unreleased)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/desperados-wanted-dead-or-alive/trivia|title=Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive for Macintosh (2015) Trivia - MobyGames|website=MobyGames|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> * ''Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood'' (2002; Mindscape, Free verse, Wanadoo Edition) * ''Airline Tycoon'' (1998–2003; Infogrames, Monte Cristo, RuneSoft) * ''Smoking Colts'' (2003; Spellbound Entertainment) * ''Starsky & Hutch'' (2003; Empire Interactive) * ''Chicago 1930'' (2003; Wanadoo Edition) * ''Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge'' (2006; Atari) * ''Helldorado'' (2007; Viva Media) * ''Giana Sisters DS'' (2009; Destineer, DTP Entertainment) * ''Arcania: Gothic 4'' (2010; JoWooD Entertainment, DreamCatcher Interactive) * ''Arcania: Fall of Setarrif'' (2011; Nordic Games) * ''Desperados Gangs'' (cancelled)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.unseen64.net/2012/05/28/desperados-gangs-cancelled-xbox-360-ps3-psvita/|title=Desperados Gangs [Cancelled - Xbox 360 / PS3 / PSvita / PC] - Unseen64|date=2012-05-28|work=Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!|access-date=2017-09-18|language=en-US}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311211601/http://www.spellbound.de/front_content.php?idcat=77 Official website] (archived) {{in lang|de}}
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