CipSoft GmbH is a German

video game developer A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large ...

based in

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...

. Founded in 2001, it is the developer of ''

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''. As of January 2023, the company employs 95 people.

History

CipSoft was founded on 8 June 2001 by Guido Lübke, Stephan Payer, Ulrich Schlott, and Stephan Vogler. The four had developed the game ''

'' during their time at university and released it in 1997. After completing their studies, they founded CipSoft to continue the development of the game.

Games

''Tibia''

'' is one of the first online role-playing games (

MMORPG A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a video game that combines aspects of a role-playing video game and a massively multiplayer online game. As in role-playing games (RPGs), the player assumes the role of a Player charac ...

) ever created.Tibia among the first role playing games in the world
/ref> It is the main product of CipSoft GmbH. On the islands of Tibia players discover a fantastic 2D world where they can go on virtual adventures. The main intention of the game is for the player to develop the character and to prove oneself as a knight, paladin, sorcerer or druid. The fact that Tibia is still based on 2D has never influenced the growth of the number of players. In 2008, Tibia was seen as one of the "8 best MMORPGs for Linux"

''TibiaME''

'' TibiaME'' is the first online role playing game for mobile phones. The story of ''TibiaME'' is inspired by the PC game ''Tibia''. As a knight or a sorcerer, the players develop the skills of their selected characters. By exploring large varieties of areas, they will come upon exciting quests and dangerous dungeons where hundreds of players can set their forces together. Communicating and interacting with other players in a diplomacy is only one attractive aspect of ''TibiaME''. The player can log out at any moment of the game and log in later.

''Fiction Fighters''

''Fiction Fighters'' was a new product, which became available in 2011, but was discontinued during its beta release due to massive lack of player's staying interest - despite a massive marketing campaign. It was an interactive 3D comic, where players entered a parallel comic universe. The players acted and interacted only in comic strips.

''Panzer League''

''Panzer League'' is mobile multiplayer online battle arena for tanks. To win the game you have to destroy your opponents and defense systems before blowing up. Matches last 5 to 10 minutes. The game is available for the Android and iOS devices.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.cipsoft.com/ Companies based in Regensburg Software companies of Germany Video game companies established in 2001 Video game companies of Germany