TopWare Interactive – AC Enterprises e.K. is a German video game publisher based in Karlsruhe. The company is best known for publishing the Two Worlds series developed by its Reality Pump Studios division.
History TopWare Interactive was started in 1995 as a video game publishing subsidiary of TopWare CD Service AG based in Mannheim, Germany, which included two inhouse development studios (ToonTRAXX and TopWare Programy), which was later renamed to Reality Pump Studios based in Poland. In February 2001, TopWare CD Service AG filed for bankruptcy. All rights, including both development studios, were acquired by Zuxxez Entertainment AG.
The company was resurrected by Zuxxez in 2005. In 2011, Zuxxez officially changed its name back to TopWare Interactive, thus completely abandoning the Zuxxez brand. TopWare Interactive AG's American company, TopWare Interactive Inc., revealed that it was developing Battle vs. Chess to be published by SouthPeak Games. Interplay Entertainment sued and won an injunction to stop sales in the United States. In February 2012, Interplay won the case by default and a settlement was agreed on 15 November 2012. Terms of the settlement were $200,000 plus interest.Matt Pooled, "Interplay Wins in the Battle Chess Saga against Topware and SouthPeak" , Bright Side of News, 2 November 2013
TopWare Interactive / Zuxxez Entertainment filed for bankruptcy again on 1 February 2016. While the company has not released any official comment on the subject yet, the insolvency has already been registered in the European Insolvency Register. The filing for bankruptcy comes just a few days after the pulling of Vendetta: Curse of Raven's Cry (the last game published by TopWare Interactive, a re-release of Raven's Cry) from Steam. Nevertheless, TopWare quietly released the game again later.
However, on 26 March 2016, TopWare announced it has begun development of Two Worlds 3 which was set to be released in 2020. However, no further information since that announcement has been made.
Reality Pump Studios Reality Pump Studios was founded as an in-house developer for TopWare Interactive in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, in 1995. Their first successful title was Earth 2140. In 2001, they formed a partnership with Zuxxez Entertainment AG and officially took the name 'Reality Pump - Game Development Studios'. They moved their headquarters to Kraków.
In 2015 the company went bankrupt and was acquired by TopWare Interactive.
Published titles
Premium 1996: Das Schwarze Auge: Schatten über Riva — MS-DOS 1997: Jack Orlando — PC 1997: Earth 2140 — PC 1998: Emergency 1998: Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom 1999: Excessive Speed 1999: Gorky 17 1999: Jagged Alliance 2 1999: Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator 2000: Earth 2150: Escape from the Blue Planet 2000: Earth 2150: The Moon Project 2001: Earth 2150: Lost Souls 2001: World War III: Black Gold 2002: Enclave 2001: Chicken Shoot 1 2002: Knights and Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion 2002: Heli Heroes 2002: World War II: Panzer Claws 2003: Chicken Shoot 2 2003: KnightShift 2004: Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire 2004: I of the Dragon 2005: Earth 2160 — PC 2006: Dream Pinball 3D — PC 2007: Two Worlds — PC, Xbox 360 2009: X-Blades — PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 2010: Two Worlds II — PC, Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 2011: Two Worlds 2: Pirates of the Flying Fortress — PC, Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 2011: Battle vs Chess aka Check vs. Mate — PC, Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii 2012: Planets under Attack — PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 2012: Iron Sky: Invasion — PC, Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 2015: Raven's Cry — PC, Mac 2016: Two Worlds 2: Call of the Tenebrae 2017: Two Worlds 2: Shadows of the Dark Past 2018: Two Worlds 2: Shadows of the Dark Past 2 2019: Two Worlds 2: Shattered Embrace TBA: Scivelation — PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 TBA: Two Worlds III
Value Dream Pinball 3D Burn BoG Arcade BoG Role Playing BoG Strategy WWIII: Black Gold World War II: Panzer Claws II Kings of Dark Age Septerra Core Gorky 17 Heli Heroes Knights & Merchants Earth 2140 Earth 2150 Earth 2160 Das Schwarze Auge: Die Schicksalsklinge (1997 re-release) Das Schwarze Auge: Sternenschweif (1997 re-release) Das Schwarze Auge: Schatten über Riva (1997 re-release) EEP Pro 3.0 Jack Orlando X-Blades Transcripted Gold Games compilation series
Cancelled 2014: Sacrilegium — PC, Mac OS X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U
References
External links
TopWare Interactive at MobyGames