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Dynamedion
Dynamedion GbR is a German music composition and production company based in Mainz. Founded in 2000 by composers Pierre Langer and Tilman Sillescu, Dynamedion specialises in composing music for video games. The group has won several industry awards, including Best German Soundtrack in 2004, 2005 and 2007 at the German Game Developers Awards, and Best Main Theme 2007 at the GANG Awards. History Dynamedion's founders, Pierre Langer and Tilman Sillescu, both composers with a Bachelor of Musical Arts, Arranging and Composing degree, met while employed as teachers at the Universität Mainz. The two wanted to expand their creative abilities, leading Langer to suggest creating music for video games. The duo experimented with several minor projects before founding Dynamedion in 2000. The company started out developing a game in Adobe Flash Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is a multimedia Computing platform, software platform used for production of Flash an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anno 1404
''Anno 1404'', known as ''Dawn of Discovery'' in North America, is a city-building and economic simulation game with real-time strategy elements, part of the ''Anno'' series. Released in 2009, it was developed by Related Designs, produced by Blue Byte, and published by Ubisoft. ''Anno 1404'' is the sequel to '' Anno 1701'' and is followed by the futuristic sequel ''Anno 2070''. Though the game centers on a series of fictional events, the overall concept of the storyline is based upon real life aspects of medieval and renaissance history such as the Crusades, advancements in gothic architecture, construction of cathedrals, and hanseatic trade involving the rise of patrician merchants and early forms of capitalism. An expansion, titled ''Anno 1404: Venice'', which adds multiplayer and other features, was released on February 26, 2010. Gameplay As with other ''Anno'' games, the player, at the will of their unnamed country of origin creates and manages their fief aside AI play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic 4
''Arcania'' (originally released as ''Arcania: Gothic 4'') is an action role-playing video game, spin-off of the ''Gothic'' series, developed by Spellbound Entertainment. It was published by JoWooD Entertainment in 2010. The game was released on 12 October 2010 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. In 2013, Nordic Games released ''ArcaniA'' and its expansion, '' Arcania: Fall of Setarrif'', as ''Arcania: The Complete Tale'' for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, followed by the PlayStation 4 version in May 2015. Gameplay In comparison to the predecessors, the game mechanic was simplified. For instance, there are only three spells available (but upgradable). Also, the character can only interact with "named" characters, those who have a name. There is no sleeping mechanic so the player can't sleep for a chosen period of time like in previous games. The player is able to wield any weapon as they have no requirements for statistics. There are no teachers within the game like in previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BattleForge
''BattleForge'' is a discontinued video game that was developed by EA Phenomic and published by Electronic Arts in 2009. ''BattleForge'' is an online card-based real-time strategy (RTS) game. The game's servers were shut down on October 31, 2013. An unofficial full-revival of the game was released on December 18, 2020, under the name of Skylords Reborn. History Battleforge was developed by EA Phenomic and published Electronic Arts. It was released on Windows in March 2009 along with a demo. On May 26, 2009, ''BattleForge'' became a Play 4 Free game. On September 4, 2013, EA announced the closing of the game in an email to registered players, effective October 31, 2013. Revival In June 2015, a group started work on reverse engineering the game code to create a server for the game (Server emulator), called ''Skylords Reborn''. The final game is free-to-play, like the original, but without micro-transactions. The server maintenance is funded by donations. As of the beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tian Xia III
''Tiān'' () is one of the oldest Chinese terms for heaven and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion. During the Shang dynasty (17th―11th century BCE), the Chinese referred to their supreme god as '' Shàngdì'' (, "Lord on High") or ''Dì'' (,"Lord"). During the following Zhou dynasty, ''Tiān'' became synonymous with this figure. Before the 20th century Heaven worship was an orthodox state religion of China. In Taoism and Confucianism, ''Tiān'' (the celestial aspect of the cosmos, often translated as " Heaven") is mentioned in relationship to its complementary aspect of '' Dì'' (, often translated as "Earth"). They are thought to maintain the two poles of the Three Realms () of reality, with the middle realm occupied by Humanity (, ''Rén''), and the lower world occupied by demons (specifically sorcery); (, ''Guǐ'') and "ghosts," the damned, specifically (, ''Mó''). Characters The modern Chinese character and early seal script both combine ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolution
Absolution is a traditional theological term for the forgiveness imparted by ordained Christian priests and experienced by Christian penitents. It is a universal feature of the historic churches of Christendom, although the theology and the practice of absolution vary between denominations. Some traditions see absolution as a sacrament — the Sacrament of Penance. This concept is found in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Assyrian Church of the East and the Lutheran Church. In other traditions, including the Anglican Communion and Methodism, absolution is seen as part of the sacramental life of the church, although both traditions are theologically predicated upon the Book of Common Prayer, which counts absolution amongst the five rites described as "Commonly called Sacraments, but not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel". Confession and Absolution is practiced in the Irvingian Churches, though it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
