Sproing Interactive Media GmbH was an

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. It was founded in 2001 by Harald Riegler and Gerhard Seiler. Riegler and Seiler have owned and managed the company up to the present. The company has its headquarters in

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, Austria. Sproing has published over 50 titles of varying scope. The company produces games for different platforms such as

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, PC,

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and

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. '' Panzer Tactics DS'' (released in 2008) was awarded the

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(German Developer Award) in the category ''Best German console-game''. For autumn 2012, a third game of the show ''Schlag den Raab'' was announced, as both predecessors sold over 250,000 copies between them on various platforms. In November 2016, the company, at the time with roughly 100 employees the largest game studio in Austria, filed for insolvency. It would later be succeeded by

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in 2018. The company was a member of the G.A.M.E. Bundesverband der Computerspielindustrie.

Games (selection)

* Various ''

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''-Games * 2004: '' Crazy Kickers'' * Since 2005: '' Meine Tierarztpraxis''-Series (e.g. Paws and Claws: Pet Vet) * 2006: '' Undercover: Operation Wintersun'' (known as ''Undercover: Operation Wintersonne'' in German) * 2007: '' Undercover: Dual Motives'' (known as ''Undercover: Doppeltes Spiel'' in German) * 2008: '' Panzer Tactics DS'' * 2009: ''

Cursed Mountain ''Cursed Mountain'' is a 2009 action-adventure survival horror video game co-developed for the Wii by Sproing Interactive and Deep Silver Vienna, and published by Deep Silver. A Europe-exclusive port for Microsoft Windows was developed and r ...

'' * 2010: '' Dance! It's your Stage'' * 2011: ''Schlag den Raab – Das 2. Spiel'' * 2012: '' SkyRama'' * 2012: '' North & South'' * 2012: ''Schlag den Raab – Das 3. Spiel'' * 2012: ''Silent Hunter-Online'' (Beta) * 2013: '' Asterix & Friends'' * 2016: '' Angry Birds Holiday'' (cancelled) * 2017: ''Quarantine'' * 2017: ''Nonstop Chuck Norris'' * 2017: ''KISS - Rock City''

References

External links

Sproing's website

Company profile
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