Deck13 Interactive
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Deck13 Interactive GmbH (formerly TriggerLab GmbH) is a German video game developer and publisher based in Frankfurt. The company was founded in July 2001 by the team behind Artex Software, a studio that primarily developed video games for RISC OS, such as Ankh: The Tales of Mystery. Originally bearing the name TriggerLab, the company was renamed to Deck13 after the release of its first game, Stealth Combat, in 2002. Deck13 is best known for developing the action role-playing games Lords of the Fallen and The Surge. Deck13 also operates a Hamburg-based subsidiary studio, Deck13 Hamburg.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Deck13 Interactive GmbH
- Company.logo
- Deck13.png
- Company.former_name
- TriggerLab GmbH (2001–2002)
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.predecessor
- Artex Software
- Company.hq_location_city
- Frankfurt
- Company.hq_location_country
- Germany
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.num_employees
- 90
- Company.num_employees_year
- 2024
- Company.parent
- Focus Entertainment (2020–present)
- Company.subsid
- Deck13 Hamburg Deck13 Montreal
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.deck13.com
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- inception
- 2001-00-00
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- 7015
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Deck13 Interactive GmbH (formerly TriggerLab GmbH) is a German video game developer and publisher based in Frankfurt. The company was founded in July 2001 by the team behind Artex Software, a studio that primarily developed video games for RISC OS, such as Ankh: The Tales of Mystery. Originally bearing the name TriggerLab, the company was renamed to Deck13 after the release of its first game, Stealth Combat, in 2002. Deck13 is best known for developing the action role-playing games Lords of the Fallen and The Surge. Deck13 also operates a Hamburg-based subsidiary studio, Deck13 Hamburg.
== History == Deck13 is the successor to Artex Software, a development team that created the game Ankh for RISC OS. The company was founded as TriggerLab in 2001 by Jan Klose and Florian Stadlbauer. TriggerLab developed Stealth Combat, which was first released in Germany on 25 February 2002; shortly thereafter, on 2 April 2002, the company was renamed as Deck13 Interactive. The name "Deck13" was derived from "DM-Deck16", a game map from Unreal Tournament (1999).