Sproing Interactive

Sproing Interactive Media GmbH was an Austrian video game developer. It was founded in 2001 by Harald Riegler and Gerhard Seiler. Riegler and Seiler have owned and managed the company up to the present. The company has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.[1]

Sproing Interactive Media GmbH
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FateInsolvency
SuccessorPurple Lamp Studios
Founded2001 (2001)
Defunct2016 (2016)
Headquarters
Vienna
,
Austria
Key people
Harald Riegler, Gerhard Seiler, Johanna Schober
Number of employees
100 (2016)

Sproing has published over 50 titles of varying scope. The company produces games for different platforms such as Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo DS, PlayStation and Game Boy Advance. Panzer Tactics DS (released in 2008) was awarded the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis (German Developer Award) in the category Best German console-game. For autumn 2012, a third game of the show Schlag den Raab was announced, as both predecessors sold over 250,000 copies between them on various platforms.[2] In November 2016, the company, at the time with roughly 100 employees the largest game studio in Austria, filed for insolvency.[3]

The company was a member of the G.A.M.E. Bundesverband der Computerspielindustrie.

Games (selection)
  • Various Moorhuhn-Games
  • 2004: Crazy Kickers
  • Since 2005: Meine Tierarztpraxis-Series (e.g. Paws and Claws: Pet Vet)
  • 2006: Undercover: Operation Wintersun (known as Undercover: Operation Wintersonne in German)
  • 2007: Undercover: Dual Motives (known as Undercover: Doppeltes Spiel in German)
  • 2008: Panzer Tactics DS
  • 2009: Cursed Mountain
  • 2010: Dance! It's your Stage
  • 2011: Schlag den Raab – Das 2. Spiel
  • 2012: SkyRama
  • 2012: North & South
  • 2012: Schlag den Raab – Das 3. Spiel
  • 2012: Silent Hunter-Online (Beta)
  • 2013: Asterix & Friends
  • 2016: Angry Birds Holiday (cancelled)
  • 2017: Quarantine
  • 2017: Nonstop Chuck Norris
  • 2017: KISS - Rock City

References
  1. Company. Sproing's website, Company Information.
  2. Computerbild. Schlag den Raab - Das 3. Spiel.
  3. https://www.golem.de/news/sproing-interactive-oesterreichs-groesstes-spieleentwicklerstudio-ist-insolvent-1611-124716.html
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