Ascaron Entertainment is a German video game developer founded in 1992 and closed as a result of bankruptcy in 2009.
| Ascaron entertainment | |
|---|---|
| Type of | |
| Base | 1992 |
| Abolished | 2009 |
| Reason for Abolition | bankruptcy |
| Location |  Germany : Gutersloh , North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Industry | software development ( ISIC :6201 ) |
| Products | Computer games |
| Site | |
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Bankruptcy
By 2008, Ascaron Entertainment had a lot of debts, the release of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel did not help the company pay its debts, in 2009 the company declared itself bankrupt [1] , but still released Sacred 2: Fallen Angel on the PlayStation 3 console , Xbox 360 . [2]
The company’s employees were fired, the company’s property was sold out, and the German publisher Kalypso Media acquired most of the intellectual property and assets of the company. Former owners of the company created a new studio, Gaming Minds , which included 15 former Ascaron employees. [3] This company owns trademarks: Darkstar One , The Patrician, Port Royale and On the Ball.
The rights to the Sacred brand were bought by the German company Deep Silver .
Games
- On the Ball Action (2001)
- Ballerburg (2001)
- Big Scale Racing (2002)
- Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse (2002)
- Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates (2002)
- Tortuga: Pirates of the New World (2003)
- Port Royale 2 (2004)
- Sacred (2004)
- Darkstar One (2006)
- Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (2008)
- World War One (2008)