Category:Piranha Bytes

Piranha Bytes was incorporated as Piranha Bytes Software GmbH in 1997 by Michael "Mike" Hoge, Tom Putzki, Stefan Nyul and Alex Brüggemann. In 1999, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of German publisher Phenomedia. Following a financial scandal, Phenomedia filed for insolvency in May 2002. By September 2002, Piranha Bytes' management had performed a management buyout and transferred Piranha Bytes' trademarks and intellectual property, including the rights to their  series, from Phenomedia into a new entity, Pluto 13 GmbH, which assumed "Piranha Bytes" as its trading name. One of the four original founders remained with the new incorporation. On 22 May 2019, THQ Nordic announced to have acquired the studio to undisclosed terms. through the acquisition Piranha Bytes was reincorporated as Piranha Bytes GmbH. By June, the company had 32 employees.