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German publisher looks to reboot franchise with original developer Pyro onboard
Read More »Commandos is back – classic Eidos franchise is picked up by Kalypso Media
Kasedo – the digital PC strategy label on ‘being indie dev friendly’ and the studios that back that up
Developers SomaSim, Dapper Penguin and Bulwark Studios all enthuse about Kalypso's digital-only label
Read More »Kalypso Media announces 2017 as their most successful financial year yet
The Tropico publisher has seen significant growth over its 12 year history
Read More »China now makes up 20% of Kalypso’s digital PC sales
Kalypso Media has reported significant growth in its Asian and Russian operations, with China now forming 20 per cent of the publisher’s overall digital PC sales. That’s an increase of 19 per cent year-on-year. The publisher has also seen promising pre-sale figures for several of its upcoming titles in China …
Read More »Kalypso hiring for new mobile office in Hamburg
New Year, New Job 2015: Bigpoint's Marcus Behrens hired as publishing director
Read More »Kalypso to release at least three mobile games this year
Kalypso Media has created a mobile publishing division. Several games are being developed for iOS and Android by the newly-formed Kalypso Media Mobile. At least three of these are slated for a 2014 release, with the first to be announced shortly. Kalypso has a lot of great IP such as …
Read More »Tropico 5 hits PC next month, other platforms later this year
Tropico 5 will launch in May on Windows PC and several other platforms later this year, publisher Kalypso has announced. The PC version will initially release via digital channels on May 23rd, and arrive at retail for the platform on May 27th. Kalypso also revealed that Mac and Xbox 360 …
Read More »Kalypso snaps up boxed Jurassic Park game
Publisher Kalypso Media has signed the rights to publish Telltale’s downloadable Jurassic Park game in boxed form early next year. Jurassic Park: The Game will arrive in retailers in the UK, Europe, Australia, South Africa and Asia in Q1 2012 on Xbox 360 and PC. There is currently no word …
Read More »Barrett promoted at Kalypso
Kalypso Media has announced that Charlie Barrett, current MD of Kalypso Media Digital, has been promoted to the role of business development director for the overall Kalypso Media Group. In addition, Jonathan Hales has returned to the company as becomes group MD of Kalypso Digital Media. We are constantly looking …
Read More »First Templar SKU gets marketing campaign
Kalypso Media has booked ads specifically to promote the premium SKU of The First Templar. The Xbox 360 and PC game is due for release on May 6th and the special edition features a bonus in-game level, a double-sided poster as well as a downloadable soundtrack. A pre-order campaign is …
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