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JoWooD Productions : ウィキペディア英語版
JoWooD Entertainment

JoWooD Entertainment AG, JoWooD Productions, JoWooD Productions Software AG or just simply JoWooD was an Austrian video game publisher that was founded in 1995. JoWooD went into administration and all assets were purchased by Nordic Games GmbH. The JoWooD Entertainment brand is currently being used as a publishing label for Nordic Games GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordic Games Holding.
Their games include the futuristic racing car game ''Beam Breakers'' which was released in 2002, action roleplaying games in the ''Gothic'' series, the ''Spellforce'' series, and the ''Industry Giant'' series of games. Other titles include ''Transport Giant'', ''World War III: Black Gold'', ''The Sting!'', ''Hotel Giant'', and other games of the ''Giants'' series. They also released ''Sam & Max'' and ''Neighbours from Hell''. They also worked on ''AquaNox: Angel's Tears'' for the PlayStation 2.
==History==

JoWooD Productions Software AG was founded in 1995 in Ebensee by Dieter Bernauer, Johann Reitinger, Johann Schilcher and Andreas Tobler with its headquarters later moved to Liezen, Austria. It owned five subsidiaries in the last years: DreamCatcher Interactive, JoWooD Distribution Services, JoWooD Deutschland, JoWooD Iberica and Quantic Lab.
In August 2005, JoWood attempted to end their development agreement with developer Perception Pty because of a lack of quality on their "Stargate SG-1" product.〔(Jowood Terminates Development Agreement with Perception - PC News at GameSpot )〕 JoWood carried out this action believing they owned the licence for the game Stargate SG-1: The Alliance, which was disputed by Perception.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Video Games, Wikis, Cheats, Walkthroughs, Reviews, News & Videos - IGN )〕 On 4 November 4, 2006, JoWooD announced the acquisition of DreamCatcher Games, in efforts to move to the North American gaming markets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aktuelle Aussendungen )〕 In October 2009 it was announced that JoWooD has changed its name from JoWooD Productions Software AG to JoWooD Entertainment AG.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rietumu Guide )〕 At the same time JoWood also announced an agreement has been established between them and Valve Corporation to make future JoWooD titles available via Steam.〔
On 7 January 2011, JoWooD officially filed for bankruptcy and announced that the company would prepare for "a procedure of capital reorganization". However on 21 April 2011, JoWooD announced that, unable to negotiate with potential investors, they were officially facing bankruptcy proceedings and had withdrawn their application for a recapitalization plan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JoWood: Sanierungsverfahren gescheitert, Publisher ist am Ende )〕 In June 2011, JoWooD Entertainment all their assets and its subsidiary, Quantic Lab, was acquired by Nordic Games Holding AB. From this point on, JoWooD was no longer operating. All activities of the two companies were taken over by Nordic Games Holding.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JoWooD - Now Swedish … sort of! - RPGWatch Forums )〕 On August 16, 2011 Nordic Games Holding announced that it had acquired JoWooD's products and brands and some of the companies labels, including The Adventure Company. Following the acquisition it was announced that JoWood and the Adventure Company would become publishing labels for Nordic Games GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordic Games Holding.
In April 2013, Nordic Games GmbH acquired the remaining properties still owned by the bankrupt American video game publisher THQ as part of the company's liquidation, including the ''Darksiders'', ''Red Faction'', and ''MX vs. ATV'' franchises. Nordic has stated it plans to find new distribution channels for some of its newly acquired properties, and is considering the third-party development of sequels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/23/4257466/the-future-of-darksiders-red-faction-and-thqs-other-ip-at-nordic-games )
In the year 2014 the company Touchit Studio entered into a partnership with JoWood Entertainment, and rewriting all the rights of the game Neighbours From Hell in the distribution and editing in the Company Touchit Studio.
Touchit Studio was founded in Germany in the year 2009 by programmer and teacher John Doe.

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