CDV Software Entertainment AG

Moby ID: 1651

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April 2010: The company files for insolvency at the district court in Frankfurt.
July 22, 2008: The company announces to have opened a UK office, headed by David Walker (formerly 505 Games and THQ) and Matthew Walker (formerly Activision and Crave Entertainment).
May 24, 2006: The company drops the StarForce copy protection scheme for its Windows games and migrates to TAGES copy protection for future game releases.
March 6, 2006: Together with Digital Reality, the company founds a new development studio: WHIZ Software Kft.
March 11, 2004: CDV announces that due to disappointing financial results, they won't publish The Kore Gang and Psychotoxic. The studios behind those games will be looking for a new publisher.
2003: CDV Software Entertainment listed on the German Prime Standard (equivalent to the USA's NASDAQ Index).
2000: Publishing Offices in England and USA opened.
1996: Acquired exclusive publishing rights for the Psygnosis/Sony-group's PC products in Germany.
1994: Founding of the CDV Software GmbH.
1993: Considerable expansion of publishing capacity.
1992: Pioneer on the shareware market (one of the first shareware-CD-ROMs in Germany). Distribution to major commercial customers including renowned department stores.
1989: Company founded as limited trade company in shareware publishing.