Where Are They NOW?

Fritz Schäfer

After Fritz left Kingsoft following EA’S acquisition, he focused on Ikarion Software, only to depart in 1998, three years before the developer finally closed. He then left the games industry for a while, returning in 2011 when he sought to make a comeback in the flourishing apps market. Failing to make headway with EA in his bid to bring back the Kingsoft name, he created a new company called Shepps – which has worked on games such as Busy Bags and Bottle Battle for IOS, Android and Mac computers.

Marc oberhäuser

Marc was Kingsoft’s financial director when he left, but he later joined Ikarion Software as a project leader before being promoted to the role of managing director in

1999 until the company’s closure in 2001. That year, he became a freelance game consultant and external producer, although he also took a position as senior game designer with

Studio II Software from 2006 to 2009 where he worked on Sacred and Sacred 2.

Norbert Beckers

Norbert also moved from Kingsoft to Ikarion Software where he designed, wrote and playtested the football management game Hattrick! which was Ikarion’s first major financial success. He also worked on Pinball Wizard 2000, Project Paradise, Demonworld, Zeppelin: Giants Of The Sky and many more, leaving only when Ikarion closed. Like Marc, Norbert worked for Studio II Software where he assisted with story and texts on Sacred 2: Fallen Angel.