CDV Software Entertainment AG

1989:

• Company founded as limited trade company in shareware publishing.

1992:

• Pioneer on the shareware market (one of the first shareware-CD-ROMs in Germany). Distribution to major commercial customers including renowned department stores.

1993:

• Considerable expansion of publishing capacity.

1994:

• Founding of the CDV Software GmbH.

1996:

• Acquired exclusive publishing rights for the Psygnosis/Sony-group's PC products in Germany.

2000:

• Publishing Offices in England and USA opened.

2003:

• CDV Software Entertainment listed on the German Prime Standard (equivalent to the USA's NASDAQ Index).
  
  

Mar 11, 2004:

• CDV announces that due to disappointing financial results, they won't publish "The Kore Gang" and "Psychotoxic". The studios behind those games will be looking for a new publisher.

Mar 06, 2006:

• Together with Digital Reality, the company founds a new development studio: WHIZ Software Kft.

May 24, 2006:

• The company drops the StarForce copy protection scheme for its Windows games and migrates to TAGES copy protection for future game releases.

Jul 22, 2008:

• The company announces to have opened a UK office, headed by David Walker (formerly 505 Games and THQ) and Matthew Walker (formerly Activision and Crave Entertainment).