Ascaron
Sign in to saveAscaron Entertainment was a video game developer based in Germany. Founded as Ascon by Holger Flöttmann in 1991 and later renamed in October 1996 due to the possible confusion with the Swiss company Ascom AG, the company produced titles primarily for the PC until it became insolvent in 2009.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Ascaron Entertainment
- Company.foundation
- 1991
- Company.defunct
- 2009
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.products
- The Patrician seriesPort Royale seriesSacred series
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ascaron.com
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- inception
- 1991-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2009-09-01
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Ascaron Entertainment was a video game developer based in Germany. Founded as Ascon by Holger Flöttmann in 1991 and later renamed in October 1996 due to the possible confusion with the Swiss company Ascom AG, the company produced titles primarily for the PC until it became insolvent in 2009.
==Background and history== Ascaron had its headquarters in Gütersloh, a town in western Germany. It had a development studio in Aachen and an international office in Birmingham in the United Kingdom.