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2010
» A Bigpoint record: 390 employees from 35 countries in the first quarter of 2010
» NBC Universal and Bigpoint announce Battlestar Galactica Online
» Bigpoint opens new office in Silicon Valley, San Francisco
» Bigpoint expands upper management with Jan Wergin (CTO) and Lothar Eckstein (CMO)
2009
» Bigpoint opens its game portal Bigpoint.com for external game developers
» Ex AOL CEO Michael Gutsmann becomes CFO at Bigpoint
» At the European Business Awards, Bigpoint is awarded the Ruban d'Honneur
as one of the best 99 companies in Europe
» Bigpoint has more than 100 million registrations
» Bigpoint now employs over 300 workers from 30 different countries at their headquarters in Hamburg Eppendorf
» Simon Guild becomes Chairman of the Board at Bigpoint
2008
» Bigpoint.com currently has over 30 online games in its portfolio, some of which have been translated into 15 different languages
» GMT and NBC Universal (Peacock Equity Fund) take over Bigpoint GmbH as major investors
» Bigpoint licenses the Russian Next-Gen browser game "Fragoria" with isometric 3D graphics
on the basis of the newest Flash technology
» Bigpoint breaks the 45 million registrations mark
» Bigpoint pushes in-game advertising forward: brand name integration of Maybelline Jade, C&A, Umbro,
FIBA, telefonbuch.de in Bigpoint browser games
» Fresh, new portal design and a new motto: Bigpoint – You’ll never play alone
2007
» Bigpoint.com has 22 browser games in its portfolio
» Bigpoint takes 19th place in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA-Award
» Bigpoint wins the OnlineStar 2007 as the most popular website
» Heiko Hubertz wins 2nd Place as the "Internet Entrepreneur of the Year 2007"
» Bigpoint wins 2nd Place in the Deloitte Award 2007 for rapid company growth
and exceptional entrepreneurship and innovation with 4,500% growth in sales
» Winner of the Red Herring 100 Europe 2007 Award: award as one
of the 100 most innovative business and technology companies in Europe
» Bigpoint has more than 10 million Registrations
» Bigpoint.com is awarded the Innovation Prize ITK 2007 by the Initiative for Middle Sized Businesses
in the category Web 2.0
» e-sport GmbH becomes Bigpoint GmbH
2006
» The game portal Bigpoint.com combines 16 games under one roof
» The third investment wave is concluded: the United Internet AG buys into
e-sport GmbH
» Launch of the game portal "Bigpoint.com" where all Bigpoint games are bundled together
» The German Game Developer Award for the best German browser game 2006 goes to e-sport
with the 2 popular titles "XBlaster" (1st place) and "Seafight" (2nd place)
» Cooperation with the TV broadcaster Mlive in the Middle East
» Acquires share in the eLofD GmbH in Berlin and in SealMedia GmbH, Kiel
» First-time development of a game in cooperation with a TV station (ProSiebenSat.1 Media Media AG): "Popstars – The Game" goes online
» e-sport breaks the 1 million user barrier
» The second investment wave is concluded: Participation of the investors Marc, Oliver and
Alexander Samwer (Jamba, eBay Germany/Alando) with their European Founders Fund (EFF)
2005
» e-sport now has 8 games in its portfolio
» In May the m.wire GmbH reorganizes into e-sport GmbH. With the reorganization, the company
recognizes the terminology which has developed in the worldwide gaming scene
» With "Mafia1930" e-sport launches their first strategy game
» The first investment wave is concluded: the Aurelia Private Equity becomes a shareholder
2004
» m.wire has 3 games in its portfolio at the end of the year
» Launch of the sport games "F1Manager" and "SoccerManager"
2003
» In April the first game - the hockey manager "IceFighter" - goes online
2002
» Heiko Hubertz founds m.wire GmbH
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