On March 31, 2022, the German Video Game Award was presented. The award for “Studio of the Year” went to the Regensburg development studio CipSoft. Its CEO, Stephan Vogler, emphasized in his acceptance speech that we are currently not living in carefree days. Therefore, the studio decided to donate the prize money of €50,000 to help people who fled from Ukraine.
Why was CipSoft awarded? When the federal government and the Federal Association of the German Games Industry presented the German Video Game Award on Thursday evening, March 31, 2022, the Regensburg development studio CipSoft caused a stir.
CipSoft received the award for “Studio of the Year” during the event. The Bavarian Minister for Digital Affairs, Judith Gerlach, presented the award to CipSoft CEOs Stephan Vogler and Benjamin Zuckerer and emphasized in her speech the social responsibility of the studio.
“We decided to donate €50,000 to help refugees from Ukraine”
Why is CipSoft donating €50,000? Stephan Vogler himself made clear shortly after receiving the award why the studio was attributed social responsibility.
“Unfortunately, we do not live in carefree times, and therefore we decided to donate €50,000 to help refugees from Ukraine.”
Stephan Vogler, CEO of CipSoft, after receiving the award as “Studio of the Year”
In his acceptance speech, the CEO of CipSoft pointed out that we are currently not experiencing carefree days. He took this opportunity to explain that the Regensburg development studio donates the prize money of €50,000. The money is intended to help people who have fled from Ukraine.
The independent development studio CipSoft, based in Regensburg, is known for having developed Tibia, one of the first MMORPGs ever. The game has been online since 1997.
We once conducted a major interview with the creators of the MMORPG on MeinMMO:
German MMORPG is booming right now: “In the beginning, we were laughed at”
