bitComposer Interactive GmbH was a

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headquartered in

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. Founded in March 2009 as bitComposer Games GmbH, the company focuses on PC, console, mobile, and online platforms. In December 2010, bitComposer founded the subsidiary bitComposer Online to focus on developing and distributing

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online and browser games. bitComposer releases international and local titles in physical media and digital download formats. bitComposer was renamed to bitComposer Entertainment AG on 22 December 2011. bitComposer Entertainment continued to publish its PC, console and handheld titles under the bitComposer Games label. Following insolvency, the company was dissolved on 15 January 2015, but eventually came back together as bitComposer Interactive GmbH. bitComposer owns the rights to the ''

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'' license. In December 2012, bitComposer was involved in a dispute with

GSC Game World GSC Game World is a Ukrainian video game developer based in Prague. Founded in Kyiv in 1995 by Sergiy Grygorovych, it is best known for the ''Cossacks'' and ''S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'' series of games. GSC Game World was the first company in Ukraine to ...

over ownership of the rights to the ''

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'' game license. Again in 2013, bitComposer had a public dispute with developer

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over the funding and release of the canceled role-playing game ''Chaos Chronicles''. Since their last releases of games available in English as well as German, bitComposer now focuses on publishing German-language only games after 2016 for markets including Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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