Wednesday, January 15, 2020 — Phoenix Games, the international family of games companies led by prolific gaming investor Klaas Kersting, today announces its successful acquisition of Berlin and Tübingen-based development group Promotion Software / Sixteen Tons.
The Promotion Software group was founded by Game Designer Ralph Stock in 1993. Today its operation ranges from high quality consumer products published under “Sixteen Tons Entertainment” to industrial applications labeled “Serious Games Solutions”. A major milestone for the group was the invention of the EMERGENCY games series by Ralph Stock in 1998, today the leading real time strategy game in the world, when it comes to saving lives and rescuing people.