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Bigpoint

www.bigpoint.net Started December 2002
Employees
80-120
Headquarters
Hamburg, Germany

About

Bigpoint GmbH is a very large video game developer headquartered in Hamburg, Germany and founded in 2002.

It was originally known as m.wire GmbH, renamed to e-sport GmbH in 2005, and then renamed for a final time to Bigpoint GmbH in 2007 as a result of the "Bigpoint" web portal exploding in popularity.

In May 2011, Bigpoint had over 800 employees globally1. In October 2012 they laid off 120 employees2 and by August 2024 they were reported to be down to only 100 employees3.

Below you can find a non-exhaustive list of Bigpoint games that is continually being updated when new information regarding each title is unearthed.

  1. forbes.com: Bigpoint article ↩

  2. gamesindustry.biz: 120 jobs axed ↩

  3. gameswirtschaft.de: large game studios ↩

Games

Skyrama

Live
Launched June, 2011 www.skyrama.com

Farmerama

Live
Launched November, 2009 www.farmerama.com

SpaceInvasion

Sold Live
Launched October, 2007 Sold October, 2011 Ran for 4 years spaceinvasion.de

Seafight

Live
Launched March, 2006 www.seafight.com

Fussballmanager

Sold Live
Launched September, 2004 Sold September, 2014 Ran for 10 years www.fussballmanager.de

SpeedSpace

Live

The Mummy Online

Live

The Pimps

Live

Universal Monsters Online

Live

Rising Cities

Shutdown
Launched August, 2012 Shut down January, 2021 Ran for 9 years, 7 months www.risingcities.com

FantasyRama

Shutdown
Launched May, 2012 Shut down September, 2015 Ran for 3 years, 4 months fantasyrama.bigpoint.com

Kultan - The World Beyond

Shutdown
Launched September, 2011 Shut down September, 2013 Ran for 2 years kultan.bigpoint.com

AquaRama

Shutdown
Launched April, 2011 Shut down June, 2013 Ran for 2 years, 2 months aquarama.bigpoint.com

Battlestar Galactica Online

Shutdown
Launched February, 2011 Shut down February, 2019 Ran for 8 years en.bsgo.com

RamaCity

Shutdown
Launched February, 2011 Shut down December, 2012 Ran for 1 year, 11 months ramacity.bigpoint.com

PonyRama

Shutdown
Launched December, 2010 Shut down July, 2012 ponyrama.bigpoint.com

ZooMumba

Shutdown
Launched August, 2010 Shut down December, 2020 Ran for 10 years, 4 months www.zoomumba.com

Deepolis

Shutdown
Launched December, 2008 Shut down February, 2020 Ran for 11 years, 2 months www.deepolis.com

Gladius II: Arenas of Glory

Shutdown
Launched September, 2008 Shut down July, 2014 Ran for 5 years, 9 months gladius2.bigpoint.com

Chaoscars

Shutdown
Launched October, 2007 Shut down December, 2010 Ran for 3 years, 2 months chaoscars.bigpoint.com

XBlaster

Shutdown
Launched October, 2006 Shut down February, 2014 www.xblaster.com

ActionLeague

Shutdown
Launched September, 2006 Shut down September, 2009 Ran for 3 years www.actionliga.de

The-Mafia

Shutdown
Launched March, 2006 Shut down December, 2009 Ran for 3 years, 10 months themafia.the-mafia.de

Managergames Soccer

Sold Shutdown
Launched September, 2005 Sold 2013 Shut down December, 2020 Ran for 8 years soccer.managergames.com

Gladiatoren

Shutdown
Launched February, 2005 Shut down September, 2008 Ran for 3 years, 7 months gladiatoren.bigpoint.com

Gangs of Crime (previously Mafia 1930)

Sold Shutdown
Launched January, 2005 Sold February, 2014 Shut down May, 2024 Ran for 9 years www.gangsofcrime.com

SpeedCars (previously F1Manager)

Shutdown
Launched March, 2004 Shut down May, 2010 speedcars.bigpoint.com

War of Titans

Shutdown
Shut down January, 2012 www.waroftitans.com