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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IndustryVideo games
Founded2005
FounderHendrik Lesser
HeadquartersMunich, Bavaria, Germany
Number of employees
450+
Websitercp.family

History

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In 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

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From 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

References

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