Yager Development
| File:Yager Development logo.png | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | , Germany |
Key people | Timo Ullmann (managing director) |
Number of employees | 110 (2020) |
| Parent | Tencent  |
| Website | yager.de |
Yager Development GmbH is a German video game developer based in Berlin.
Yager was founded in 1999 by Uwe Bennecke, Roman Golka, Philipp Schellbach, Timo Ullmann and Mathias Wiese.[1][2] They are best known for developing Yager (2003) and Spec Ops: The Line (2012). The studio also worked with Deep Silver on Dead Island 2, until Deep Silver cut ties with Yager in July 2015, three years into the game's development.[3] Subsequently, Yager Productions GmbH, the Yager Development sub-studio set up for the development of Dead Island 2, filed for insolvency later that month.[4] The studio is working on and has released The Cycle as an early access game on the Epic Games Store, which is described as a “competitive quest game”.[5][6] As of January 2020, the company employs 110 people.[7]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Yager | Microsoft Windows, Xbox | DreamCatcher Interactive, Kemco, THQ |
| 2012 | Spec Ops: The Line | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | 2K Games |
| 2017 | Dreadnought | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 | Grey Box |
| 2019 (early access) | The Cycle | Microsoft Windows | Yager Development |
References
- ^ Lindemann, Thomas (22 December 2012). "Porträt der Berliner Games-Entwickler von "Yager Design"". Das Games-Feuilleton (in German).
- ^ Gießler, Denis (21 November 2018). "Video Games In East Germany: The Stasi Played Along". Die Zeit.
- ^ Futter, Mike (14 July 2015). "[Update] Deep Silver Drops Yager As Developer Of Dead Island 2, Yager Offers Comment". Game Informer.
- ^ Hurley, Leon (29 July 2015). "Yager's fine. It's just the Dead Island 2 bit that's shut down". GamesRadar+.
- ^ Senior, Tom (20 March 2019). "The Cycle is a 'competitive quester' coming from Spec Ops studio Yager". PC Gamer.
- ^ Dornbush, Jonathon (19 August 2019). "Yager's The Cycle Now Out in Early Access on Epic Games Store". IGN.
- ^ Fröhlich, Petra (10 January 2020). "Die größten Spiele-Entwickler in Deutschland 2020" [The largest game developers in Germany 2020]. GamesWirtschaft (in German).