Staff expansion in Koch Media's European production team

News by GamesIndustry International Contributor

Published on Feb. 15, 2008

Maik Stettner joined the European team as Junior Product Manager Games under Christian Moriz, Director of Production Europe, on 1 January 2008 in the German head office. Koch Media's increasing internationalization and further growth led to the introduction of a new European structure in the company in September 2007. Besides development and product management, Christian Moriz and his production team also handle the localization and QA departments. Stettner's support of the production team focuses on the field of product management, coordinating future European releases such as Warhammer®: Battle March (Xbox 360) and Warhammer®: Mark of Chaos - Battle March (PC). Stettner previously graduated in business management, having studied economics at the university of Siegen, Germany.

About DEEP SILVER

Deep Silver is Koch Media's premium games label. Deep Silver has been collaborating with international developers and publish-ers since 2002 to publish creative and innovative computer and video games. The multi-award-winning X2 and the daring Singles have already put Deep Silver at the top of the charts. Projects include co-publishing titles with Sunflowers (ANNO 1701, Para-World) and JoWooD (SpellForce 2, Gothic 3, etc). www.deepsilver.com

About Koch Media

Koch Media, founded by Franz Koch and Klemens Kundratitz in 1994, is a leading producer and marketer of digital entertainment products in Europe. The focus is on the publishing and licensing of software products, games and DVD movies. The company's own sales activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, and it has formed strategic alliances with a number of software and games manufacturers: ACDSystems, Ascaron, Braingame, D3Publishing, Digital Publishing, G-Data, JoWooD, Lex-ware, Namco Bandai, Pinnacle, Sony Online Entertainment, Square-Enix, Sunflowers, System3, etc. Headquartered in Planegg near Munich, Koch Media owns branches in Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland and Italy.