#SETTLERS 3 BLUE BYTE PLUS#
In June 2000, The Settlers III: Gold Edition was released, containing the original game and both expansions, plus fan-made maps for single-player and multiplayer modes, a new Easy difficulty setting for single-player games, HTML hints and tips, and minor graphical enhancements and gameplay tweaks. In October, they released a second expansion, The Settlers III: Quest of the Amazons (German: Die Siedler III: Das Geheimnis der Amazonen), containing two new single-player campaigns, additional single-player and multiplayer maps, and an enhanced editor. In April 1999, Blue Byte released an expansion, The Settlers III Mission CD, featuring new single-player campaign missions, new maps for both single-player and multiplayer modes, and a map editor. Released for Microsoft Windows in November 1998, it is the third game in The Settlers series, following The Settlers (1993) and The Settlers II (1996). Together we will endeavor to see to it that, having garnered such enormous success in Europe, these wonderful games will soon captivate players around the world.The Settlers III (German: Die Siedler III) is a real-time strategy video game with city-building elements, developed and published by Blue Byte. Our goal is to invest in Blue Byte and to make available to them any tool they need to extend the influence of their leading products. Germany is the country par excellence of strategy games, and Blue Byte's teams are the leading specialists in the field. Yves Guillemot, president and CEO of Ubi Soft, added, "I am particularly happy with this acquisition. Ubi Soft's backing will help make our products better known because it will allow them to be adapted quickly to new generation consoles." "I have complete confidence in Ubi Soft's capacity to safeguard the unique features of our games. "I am convinced that this operation is the right choice for the future of Blue Byte," Hertzler stated.
#SETTLERS 3 BLUE BYTE PC#
In effect, this acquisition, which follows the acquisition of Red Storm Entertainment in August 2000, now makes Ubi Soft the fourth largest overall video game publisher and the fifth largest PC game publisher in Germany, which is the second largest PC market in the world. This acquisition was made official on February 6, 2001, and it is expected to have a positive impact on the group's results in 2001. The company's business plan currently projects total annual sales of more than 20 million euros. In 2000, total sales for Blue Byte came to 9.5 million euros. Blue Byte is the only German publisher to have launched a portal for online gaming, The Blue Byte Game Channel, which brings together a huge community of online players. It operates in three countries- Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom-and it has a staff of 64 people.
The company develops, publishes, and distributes video games mainly in PC format.
#SETTLERS 3 BLUE BYTE SERIES#
The Settlers games are a well-known strategy game series the next installment in the series, The Settlers IV, will be released on February 15, 2001.īlue Byte was founded in 1988 by the current head of the company, Thomas Hertzler.
Blue Byte is the creator of two of the most popular series in the history of video games in Germany, The Settlers series and the Battle Isle series. Ubi Soft has announced the acquisition of Germany-based video game company Blue Byte Software.