games founded 2002 founder heiko hubertz headquarters hamburg germany key people khaled helioui ceo number of employees 800 2011 parent youzu interactive website official page bigpoint gmbh is a german video game developer . the company develops stand alone browser based games as well as social network games . bigpoint also runs a gaming portal website with a number of browser based massively multiplayer online role playing games it has produced and has over 200 million registered users announced in june 2011 . 1 bigpoint.com states that 337 104 419 players are registered in the top right corner as of 10 10 13 . nbcu has featured some of bigpoint s games on the websites of some of its cable channels . in addition to its headquarters in hamburg germany bigpoint maintains offices in berlin san francisco malta and s o paulo . 2 some of the company s games include battlestar galactica online farmerama drakensang online darkorbit and seafight . the studio was acquired by youzu interactive in 2016 and continues to operate as an independent subsidiary . 3 contents 1 history 2 used technology 3 list of games developed by bigpoint 4 list of games published by bigpoint 5 references 6 external links history edit in 2002 the company was founded by heiko hubertz as m.wire gmbh in hamburg germany s second largest city . heiko hubertz started this company with a football management game in which every player transfer would cost a small amount for famous football players . bigpoint s first game was icefighter an ice hockey management simulation . till the end of 2004 there were further games launched f1manager and fussballmanager football manager in german . in 2005 the company was renamed to e sport gmbh . in 2006 samwer brothers with european founders fund and beginning of 2007 united internet invested in the company . the company quickly expanded having one million registered users in 2006 . by 2007 bigpoint was running 22 browser games . in june 2008 general electric and nbc universal along with european private equity group gmt communications partners bought out a 70 percent share of bigpoint 4 leaving the remaining 30 percent share under heiko hubertz s control . by 2009 bigpoint reached more than 100 million users and had a revenue of more than 50 million euros . on april 26 2011 ta associates and summit partners invested 350 million into bigpoint to become the majority shareholders . on may 16 2011 bigpointdotcom posted a video on youtube.com announcing their new office building . previous shareholders comcast interactive capital s peacock equity fund sold their holdings in this transaction . gmt communications partners and ge sold a majority of their stakes . hubertz retained his existing ownership stake in the company . 5 in may 2011 bigpoint had more than 800 employees world wide . on the 23rd of october 2012 bigpoint laid off 120 staff members . at the same time heiko hubertz stepped down as ceo . 6 in march of 2016 the developer was acquired by youzu interactive gtarcade in an 80 million 89.68 million stock buyout . 3 used technology edit games are developed using php adobe flash java and the unity engine . list of games developed by bigpoint edit icefighter fussballmanager gangs of crime formerly known as mafia 1930 gladiatoren managergames hockey managergames soccer seafight land of destruction darkorbit chaoscars speedcars speedspace the pimps actionleague damoria k.o. champs gladius ii spaceinvasion war of titans bebees parsec deepolis xblaster hellblades farmerama zoomumba battlestar galactica online skyrama ponyrama ramacity aquarama fantasyrama drakensang online kultan the world beyond the mummy online universal monsters online supremacy 1914 rising cities list of games published by bigpoint edit wonderking online drift city war machines terminator salvation rise of gods case white spaceconquer skaph by wadim kapinos a promotion from 2009 august rangersland international pirates 1709 international wanted 11 manager arenas of glory castle fight international puzzle pirates xhodon anophis dolumar generated affixation the nexus lancinate gameglobe references edit bigpoint surpasses 200 million gamers worldwide bigpoint june 20 2011 bigpoint europe s leading multiplayer game publisher expands into us market with rapid fire launch schedule marketwire december 3 2008 a b takahashi dean mar 22 2016 . china s youzu interactive buys german online game developer bigpoint for 89.7 m . venturebeat . retrieved may 3 2016 . szalai georg june 12 2008 peacock fund takes bigpoint stake the hollywood reporter retrieved february 3 2009 online games leader bigpoint announces summit partners and ta associates to make 350 million investment bigpoint april 26 2011 bigpoint cuts 120 jobs ceo leaves role gamesindustry.biz aug 27 2013 external links edit online gaming outfit bigpoint points to some big numbers techcrunch june 20 2011 the next wave of free to play licensing gamasutra june 16 2011 battlestar galactica online surpasses 2 million players jostiq may 26 2011 investors buy majority stake in online game maker bigpoint for 350m venturebeat april 25 2011 bigpoint talks drakensang online massivley march 21 2011 bigpoint expands to us with electronic arts digital distribution deal venturebeat february 28 2011 bigpoint saves planet moon game studio with hiring binge venturebeat january 1 2011 bigpoint in 70 million buy out at www.growthbusiness.co.uk june 9 2008 . bigpoint s sale to nbc gmt a big deal online gaming company fetches 110 million signifying continued interest in the space from major media companies and ongoing consumer interest . by jonathan marino mergers & acquisitions report via mergersunleashed.com june 9 2008 . peacock gmt agree to majority buyout of bigpoint siliconindia news bureau june 12 2008 . gmt and nbc universal take over bigpoint galaxynews.com june 9 2008 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bigpoint games & oldid 738279829 categories browser 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