Bigpoint was founded in 2002 with the goal to provide great games that everybody can play. Over the following decade and beyond, we have continued to challenge what is possible in the online gaming sector – both from a technical and creative point of view.
With releases such as Seafight, DarkOrbit Reloaded and Farmerama as well as the more recent launches of Drakensang, Hocus Puzzle and League of Angels II we have been consistently aiming to go beyond established benchmarks and introduce innovative gameplay to all categories of players.
This has resulted in passionate communities who we see not only as consumers, but as invaluable and trusted partners who we involve in the shaping of the future of our titles as well as the company itself.
All of our games are free-to play, everybody can access our titles without having to spend any money. Our game designers have the challenge of building monetization systems which are fair for all of our players.
We strive for all of our players to have access to the majority of the content available in our games for free.
With releases such as Seafight, DarkOrbit Reloaded and Farmerama as well as the more recent launches of Drakensang, Hocus Puzzle and League of Angels II we have been consistently aiming to go beyond established benchmarks and introduce innovative gameplay to all categories of players.
This has resulted in passionate communities who we see not only as consumers, but as invaluable and trusted partners who we involve in the shaping of the future of our titles as well as the company itself.
All of our games are free-to play, everybody can access our titles without having to spend any money. Our game designers have the challenge of building monetization systems which are fair for all of our players.
We strive for all of our players to have access to the majority of the content available in our games for free.
Location: Germany, Hamburg
Employees: 201-500
Total raised: $350M
Founded date: 2002
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Summit Par... | summitpart... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 28.04.2011 | - | $350M | Summit Par... |
Mentions in press and media 18
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| 28.03.2016 | Youzu Interactive to Acquire Bigpoint, for €80M | Chinese developer and publisher of online and mobile games Youzu Interactive (002174.SZ) is to acquire a 100% stake of Bigpoint, a Hamburg, Germany-based game developer , for €80m. The acquisition is expected to help Youzu expand its global... |
| 26.03.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 3/26/16 | AppDirect acquired Xendo; Ebates bought Shopular; Ola purchased Qarth Influitive, a provider of advocate marketing software, acquired mobile relationship management application Triggerfox. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed. Infl... |
| 22.03.2016 | China’s Youzu Interactive buys German online game developer Bigpoint for $89.7M | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Chinese game publisher Youzu Interactive has acquired German game developer Bigpoint for up to 80 million euros, or $89.68 million. The... |
| 22.03.2016 | China’s Youzu Interactive buys German online game developer Bigpoint for $89.7M | Chinese game publisher Youzu Interactive has acquired German game developer Bigpoint for up to 80 million euros, or $89.68 million. The deal is one more sign of how the $99.3 billion game business has gone global and Chinese publishers are ... |
| 22.03.2016 | China’s Youzu acquires German online and mobile games developer Bigpoint for €80 million | Hamburg, Germany-based online and mobile games maker Bigpoint has been acquired by the publicly-listed Chinese games developer and publisher Youzu Interactive for 80 million euros. If all goes well, the transaction will be completed by mid-... |
| 30.03.2015 | Germany’s Bigpoint partners with Tencent to take Drakensang Online to China | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Your game already has 29 million players but you want to grow. So, what do you do? You follow Nixon’s lead and go to China. German game... |
| 24.10.2012 | German games maker Bigpoint lets go 120 employees | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. German online gaming giant Bigpoint has dismissed about 120 employees and is set to close its office in San Francisco, with founder and... |
| 28.09.2011 | Intergi scores ad deal with online game leader Bigpoint (exclusive) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Intergi Entertainment has nabbed an exclusive ad agreement with online games leader Bigpoint to manage Bigpoint’s online advertising in... |
| 28.04.2011 | Bigpoint to Receive $350M Investment from TA Associates and Summit Partners | Bigpoint GmbH, a German online-game developer, publisher, and content provider for large media concerns, is to receive a $350m investment from Summit Partners and TA Associates. The investment, whose completion is subject to regulatory appr... |
| 25.04.2011 | Investors buy majority stake in online game maker Bigpoint for $350M | German online game publisher Bigpoint announced today that two major private equity firms have bought a majority stake in the company for $350 million. The transaction values Bigpoint at more than $600 million and shows that the free-to-pla... |
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