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| Company type | GmbH |
|---|---|
| Industry | Browser games |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Heiko Hubertz |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Wanqin Liu, Michelle Zou (Managing Director) |
Number of employees | 100[1] (2024) |
| 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 has over 200 million registered users (announced in June 2011).[2] 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 São Paulo.[3] 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.[4]
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- ^ Bigpoint, Europe's Leading Multiplayer Game Publisher, Expands Into US Market With Rapid-Fire Launch Schedule, Marketwire, December 3, 2008, archived from the original on September 2, 2023, retrieved January 4, 2009
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