Remote Control Productions (German company)
Remote Control Productions GmbH (RCP; stylized in lowercase) is a Munich-based, independent games production house with a network of 14 development studios in Germany, Austria, Finland and Pakistan.[1][2] It includes Chimera Entertainment, Stillalive Studios among others, having produced more than 350 projects such as Angry Birds Epic.[3] The teams have shipped over 400 projects, including Premium and F2P games for Windows, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Mobile, VR and Web-based platforms since 2005.[4]
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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Founder | Hendrik Lesser |
| Headquarters | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
Number of employees | 450+ |
| Website | rcp |
History
editIn 2005, the production house was founded as ML Enterprises GmbH under the leadership of Hendrik Lesser and Marc Möhring. Remote Control Productions' focus lies on the support of developers, publishers, corporations and institutions for mediation, realisation and production of game projects, as well as financing, consulting, development and coaching of start-ups and studios from the games industry.
In 2006, Lesser founded the developer studio Chimera Entertainment along with Alexander Kehr and Christian Kluckner, which meanwhile became the biggest studio of the Remote Control Productions developer network with more than 40 employees. In September 2008, ML Enterprises was renamed to Remote Control Productions.[5] In the same year, Remote Control Productions and Chimera Entertainment produced their first own game project: the real-time strategy game Windchaser (Windows).
In the meantime, Remote Control Productions co-founded under the aggregation of the RCP developer family further studios such as Brightside Games (2010),[6] Wolpertinger Games (2010),[7] it Matters Games (2012)[8] and expanded the developer merger for the studios TG Nord (2012),[9] Stillalive Studios (2012)[10] and Zeitland (2012).[11]
Remote Control Productions also established with GamesInFlames an own publishing company in 2010.[12] In late 2014, the subsidiary GAMIFY now! was founded,[13] which is specialized in "gamification" and serious games. Austrian developers DoubleSmith and REDOX Game Labs[14] and the Nuremberg-based developer studio NeoBird[15] are part of the Remote Control Productions developer family since 2014 and 2015, respectively. In the beginning of 2016, Remote Control Productions opened an office in Kotka, Finland with Jyri Partanen as managing director.[16]
Produced games
editFrom 2005 till 2007, Remote Control Productions supported Collision Studios' developer team during the development of the first-person shooter game Red Ocean, as well as the production of Legend: Hand of God with publisher dtp entertainment, and Crashday with publisher Atari Europe. In 2008, Remote Control Productions produced the real-time strategy game Windchaser (Windows) with Chimera Entertainment. In association with Bigpointe, Remote Control Productions and Chimera Entertainment developed the strategy game Warstory – Europe in Flames, a Microsoft Silverlight browser MMO that takes place in World War II.
Releases such as Coreplay's Ion Assault and Brightside Games' Zeit², as well as Chimera Entertainment's Happy Hills (iOS) and Demolition Dash followed in 2011.[17] Remote Control Productions participated in the production of the first interactive audiobook, Audigent's Raumzeit Folge 1: Der verbotene Sektor. In 2012, several Chimera Entertainment productions followed – Mission: Genesis, Skylancer and Word Wonders, which has won the GCGA in the category "Best Mobile Game of the Year" in 2013.[18][19]
Along with Stillalive Studios, Remote Control Productions completed a Kickstarter campaign for their game Son of Nor in May 2013,[20] which released in April 2015. In June 2014, Remote Control Productions released the Angry Birds game Angry Birds Epic in co-production with developer Chimera Entertainment and partner Rovio Entertainment.[21] The hidden object game Mystery of Neuschwanstein, developed by Chimera Entertainment and funded by the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, followed in February 2015[22]
| Year | Game | Platform(s) | Genre | Studio | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Red Ocean | PC | First-person shooter | Collision Studios | Anaconda |
| 2008 | Windchaser | PC | Strategy RPG | Chimera Entertainment | dtp interactive |
| 2009 | Wiesn Fever | iOS | Puzzle | - | |
| 2009 | Farm Fever | iOS | Puzzle | ||
| 2009 | Ion Assault | XBLA | Shooter | RTL Interactive | |
| 2009 | Gehirntraining mit Dr. Kawashima | PC, Mac | Puzzle | - | |
| 2010 | Memory (HD) | iOS | Puzzle | Ravensburger Digital | |
| 2010 | Warstory – Europe in Flames | Browser | Strategy MMO | Bigpoint | |
| 2010 | Greed: Black Border | PC | Hack 'n' slash | ClockStone | Headup Games |
| 2011 | Zeit² | PC, XBLA | Shooter | Brightside Game | Ubisoft |
| 2011 | Demolition Dash | Android, iOS | Jump 'n' run | Chimera Entertainment | Dreamfab |
| 2011 | Happy Hills | iOS | Physical puzzle | ||
| 2012 | Skylancer – Battle for Horizon | Browser | Strategy MMO | Pro7Games | |
| 2011 | Bridge Constructor | Android, iOS, PC | Physical puzzle | ClockStone | Headup Games |
| 2012 | Word Wonders – The Tower of Babel | iOS | Word puzzle | Chimera Entertainment | Dreamfab |
| 2012 | Sara's Cooking Class | Android, iOS | Cooking app | Spil Games | |
| 2012 | Towers & Dungeons | iOS | Towerbuilder | Ravensburger Digital | |
| 2012 | Mission: Genesis | Browser | Strategy MMO | dtp interactive | |
| 2012 | Happy Hills | Android | Physical puzzle | The9 | |
| 2013 | Rally the World | Android, Browser, iOS | Racer | Brightside Games | Aperto/VW |
| 2013 | Warstory Europe | Browser | Strategy MMO | Chimera Entertainment | RNTS |
| 2013 | My Dolphin Show | Android, iOS | Arcade | itMatters Games | Spil Games |
| 2013 | Sheep Shack | iOS | Action-puzzle | Brightside Games | Just a Game |
| 2013 | Hoppetee! | iOS, Android | Jump 'n' run | Chimera Entertainment | Brigit Stock Verlag |
| 2013 | Sidekick Cycle | iOS, Android | Downhill racer | itMatters Games | GGI |
| 2013 | Little Islands | iOS | Puzzle | Chimera Entertainment | GamesInFlames |
| 2013 | Happy Hills 2 | iOS | Physical puzzle | Chimera Entertainment | Dreamfab / Thumbstar |
| 2013 | MS COPAKTIV | iOS, Android | App | Chimera Entertainment / Zeitland | TEVA GmbH |
| 2014 | John Woo's Bloodstroke | iOS, Android | Action | Chimera Entertainment / Wolpertinger Games | Moonshark / Chillingo |
| 2014 | Aloha Paradise Hotel | Browser | Business simulation | TG Nord | GamesInFlames |
| 2014 | netwars – The Butterfly Attack – Episode 1 | iOS, Android | Interactive graphic novel | Chimera Entertainment | Filmtank / Bastei Luebbe |
| 2014 | Crash! UFO | iOS, Android | Endless runner | DeNA | |
| 2014 | Angry Birds Epic | iOS, Windows Phone, Android | RPG | Rovio Entertainment | |
| 2014 | GTS Driver | Browser | Racer | it Matters Games | Porsche |
| 2014 | ONE TEVA (internal) | iOS, Android | App | Chimera Entertainment / Zeitland | TEVA GmbH |
| 2014 | ratiopharm Gute Reise | iOS, Android | Health app | TG Nord | |
| 2014 | Bernd das Brot und die Unmöglichen | PC | Adventure | Chimera Entertainment | deepsilver / Bumm Game |
| 2014 | Aktiv mit MS | iOS, Android | Health app | Zeitland / Wolpertinger Games | TEVA GmbH |
| 2014 | Firewater | iOS, Android | Endless runner | Doublesmith | B! |
| 2015 | DogHotel | iOS, Android | Simulation | it Matters Games | Tivola |
| 2015 | Mystery of Neuschwanstein | Android, iOS, PC | Hidden object adventure | Chimera Entertainment | Astragon |
| 2015 | Son of Nor | PC, Mac, Linux | RPG | Stillalive Studios | Viva Media |
| 2015 | Impossible Super Ninja | iOS, Android | Action / arcade | Doublesmith | Thumbspire |
| 2015 | Lemming Dynasty | iOS, Android | Endless runner | Rockodile Games | Rockodile Games |
| 2015 | Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax | PC | Action shooter | Dreamloop Games | Dreamloop Games |
| 2016 | CatHotel | iOS, Android | Simulation | it Matters Games | Tivola |
| 2016 | Bus Simulator 2016 | Mac, PC | Simulation | Stillalive Studios | Astragon |
| 2017 | Angry Birds Evolution | iOS, Android | RPG | Chimera Entertainment | Rovio |
| 2017 | Safe Way Forward | iOS, Android | Casual | Rockodile Games | Neste Oyj |
| 2018 | Bus Simulator 2018 | PC, PS4, Xbox one | Simulation | Stillalive Studios | Astragon |
| 2019 | Rescue HQ – The Tycoon | PC | Simulation | Aerosoft GmbH | |
| 2019 | Horse Club | iOS, Android | Kids game | zeitland media & games | Schleich |
| 2020 | Drone Swarm | PC | Space sci-fi strategy | Stillalive Studios | Astragon Entertainment |
| 2020 | Pet Clinic: Cats & Dogs | PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4 | Simulation | It Matters Games | Microids |
| 2021 | Grand Casino Tycoon | PC | Simulation | Stillalive Studios | Aerosoft GmbH |
| 2021 | Bayala Einhorn Abenteuer | iOS, Android | Kids game | Zeitland | Blue Ocean Entertainment |
| 2021 | Cobra Kai | Browser | Casual | Frag Games | Netflix |
| 2021 | Doctors & Nurses | PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, | Kids game | It Matters Games | Microids |
| 2021 | Bus Simulator 2021 | PC, PS4, Xbox One | Simulation | Stillalive Studios | Astragon Entertainment |
| 2022 | Bus Simulator City Ride | Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android | Simulation | Stillalive Studios, Wolpertinger Games | Astragon Entertainment |
| 2022 | Life in Willowdale | PC, Nintendo Switch | Adventure | Frag Games | Mindscape |
| 2022 | My Universe: My Baby Dragon | Steam, Mac OS, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch | Kids Game | It Matters Games | Microids |
| 2023 | Survivor Mercs | Steam | Action RPG | Wolperting Games | Wandering Wizards |
| 2023 | Death from above | PC | Political Wargame | Rockodile Games | Lesser Evil |
| 2023 | Inescapable | PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S | Social Thriller | Dreamloop Games | Aksys |
| 2023 | Songs of Silence | PC, Xbox Series, PlayStation 5 | Strategy | Chimera Entertainment | TBC |
| 2023 | Death From Above | PC | Simulation | Rockodile Games | Lesser Evil |
| 2023 | Garden Life | PC | Simulation | Stillalive Studios | Stillalive Studios |
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