Blue Byte Mainz

Blue Byte Mainz

Type	Division of Blue Byte
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Mainz, Germany
Key people	Thomas Pottkämper Burkhard Ratheiser Thomas Stein Jens Vielhaben
Number of employees	50 (2014)
Parent	Blue Byte
Website	bluebyte.com

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.^[1] In April 2013, Ubisoft got hold of the remaining 70.05% of stake, thus making Related Designs a wholly owned subsidiary.^[2] In June 2014, Related Designs was made a division of Blue Byte, and reincorporated as Blue Byte Mainz.^[3]

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

1. Sarkar, Samit (11 April 2013). "Ubisoft takes full ownership of Anno developer Related Designs". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
2. Makuch, Eddie (12 April 2013). "Ubisoft completes Anno dev acquisition". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
3. Sosinka, Michael (18 June 2014). "Ubisoft: Ehemaliges Related Designs-Studio ab sofort unter Blue Byte-Flagge" [Ubisoft: Former Related Designs studio from now on under the Blue Byte flag]. Gamezone (in German). Computec Media. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

External links

• Official website