CipSoft
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CipSoft GmbH
, or CIP, is a video game developer
based in Regensburg, Germany which produces the online roleplaying game
Tibia
. They also market Tibia Micro Edition
, a cell-phone-based version of the game.
Due to the huge success of Tibia, the four former students decided to found their own company. The year 2001 was the founding year of the CipSoft GmbH in Regensburg, Germany. Over 50 permanent employees and a dozen assistants work for CipSoft GmbH. In 2010, the company had an annual turnover of about 8 million Euro.
Tibia is one of the first online role-playing games (MMOPRG) in the world. It is the main product of CipSoft GmbH. On the islands of Tibia players discover a fantastic 2D world where they can go on virtual adventures. The main intention of the game is for the player to develop the character and to prove oneself as a knight, paladin, sorcerer or druid. The fact that Tibia is still based on 2D has never influenced the growth of the number of players. Thanks to two annual updates and the unique freedom in Tibia, CipSoft’s first MMOPRG still enjoys great popularity. Today, Tibia is seen as one of the "8 best MMORPGs for Linux"
TibiaME is the first online role playing game for mobile phones. The story of TibiaME is inspired by the PC game Tibia. As a knight or a sorcerer, the players develop the skills of their selected characters. By exploring large varieties of areas, they will come upon exciting quests and dangerous dungeons where hundreds of players can set there forces together. Communicating and interacting with other players in a diplomatically is only one attractive aspect of TibiaME. The player can log out at any moment of the game and log in later.
Fiction Fighters is CipSoft’s newest product, which will come on the market in 2011. It is an interactive 3D comic, where players enter a parallel comic universe. By continuously developing their skills, the players can master more and more difficult quests. The players act and interact only in comic strips.
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, or CIP, is a video game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
based in Regensburg, Germany which produces the online roleplaying game
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
Tibia
Tibia (computer game)
Tibia is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game created by CipSoft GmbH. It is one of the oldest MMORPGs and was considered most noteworthy in its early years; however, with the development of MMORPGs its popularity has grown much slower than other gaming communities...
. They also market Tibia Micro Edition
Tibia Micro Edition
Tibia Micro Edition is the world's first MMORPG for mobile phones.It is often called TibiaME or sometimes Tibia: Land of Heroes The story of TibiaME is inspired by the online role-playing game Tibia. It was first marketed by CipSoft GmbH only to T-Mobile customers using Nokia 3650 and Nokia 7650...
, a cell-phone-based version of the game.
Company
In 1995 the four German students Guido Lübke, Stephan Payer, Ulrich Schlott and Stephan Vogler worked for the first time on the online role-playing game Tibia, as a student’s project. To be contrary to the text-based games at that time, they wanted to design a graphical game which gives players a realistic view of the virtual world. Just two years later, in January 1997, the first version of "Tibia" went online on servers of the university.Due to the huge success of Tibia, the four former students decided to found their own company. The year 2001 was the founding year of the CipSoft GmbH in Regensburg, Germany. Over 50 permanent employees and a dozen assistants work for CipSoft GmbH. In 2010, the company had an annual turnover of about 8 million Euro.
Products
CipSoft Gmbh offers three products to its customers (2011).- Tibia
Tibia is one of the first online role-playing games (MMOPRG) in the world. It is the main product of CipSoft GmbH. On the islands of Tibia players discover a fantastic 2D world where they can go on virtual adventures. The main intention of the game is for the player to develop the character and to prove oneself as a knight, paladin, sorcerer or druid. The fact that Tibia is still based on 2D has never influenced the growth of the number of players. Thanks to two annual updates and the unique freedom in Tibia, CipSoft’s first MMOPRG still enjoys great popularity. Today, Tibia is seen as one of the "8 best MMORPGs for Linux"
- TibiaME
TibiaME is the first online role playing game for mobile phones. The story of TibiaME is inspired by the PC game Tibia. As a knight or a sorcerer, the players develop the skills of their selected characters. By exploring large varieties of areas, they will come upon exciting quests and dangerous dungeons where hundreds of players can set there forces together. Communicating and interacting with other players in a diplomatically is only one attractive aspect of TibiaME. The player can log out at any moment of the game and log in later.
- Fiction Fighters
Fiction Fighters is CipSoft’s newest product, which will come on the market in 2011. It is an interactive 3D comic, where players enter a parallel comic universe. By continuously developing their skills, the players can master more and more difficult quests. The players act and interact only in comic strips.
Awards
- In 2007 CipSoft scores 4th at the Deloitte Technology Fast-50 Challenge
- In 2008 CipSoft scores 3rd at the British Telecom Wi-Fi developer challenge with TibiaME