Stephan Berendsen

President of BBG Entertainment GmbH

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

Founder, President and owner of BBG Entertainment GmbH. BBG develops, markets and sells famous computer games - Boulder Dash (https://boulder-dash.com) - Dynablaster (https://dynablaster.com) and scientific based brain training software - Einstein Brain Trainer Founder, President and owner of Living Mobile since 2001, one of the top 10 games developer and publisher for mobile phones in Europe. Build up business with operators in Europe and Asia and with licence partners in Japan (Hudson Soft, Capcom, Bandai). Living Mobile opened mid of 2004 sales office in Singapore and end of 2004 development studio in Prague/Czech. In November 2005 Living Mobile was bought from The Walt Disney Company.Resigned as CEO/President in November 2005. Founder, President and owner of Living Byte Software (former RVS Datentechnik GmbH) since 1989. Living Byte is developer of worlds famous ISDN software called RVS-COM. Build up the international business especially in Europe and Asia (Japan, Taiwan, China,...).Typical customers of RVS-COM are Telcos and ISDN hardware manufacturers. In total 15 million RVS-COM licences are sold worldwide.

Experience

  • President at BBG Entertainment GmbH
    Sep 2008 - Present · 17 yrs 11 mos

    BBG Entertainment is a games developer and publisher headquartered in Munich, Germany. The founder and staff of BBG Entertainment have years of experience in the market for computer and mobile games, especially in the area of retro and casual gaming, and excellent contact with many renowned gaming companies for well over 25 years. BBG Entertainment is privately owned, with more than 10 employees and freelancers at the Munich headquarters. BBG Entertainment offers famous games like Boulder Dash®, Dynablaster®, Astrosmash®, Shark! Shark® and Einstein™ Brain Trainer. In 2017 BBG Entertainment acquired the Boulder Dash® intellectual property from First Star Software, Inc. The original Boulder Dash® is a pioneering interactive game dating back to the early times of the home computer and video game era being first launched in 1984. Boulder Dash® and its many sequels have delighted and challenged casual and hard-core players for over three decades. Boulder Dash® is an innovative action-puzzle digging and collection game responsible for launching its own game genre. BBG Entertainment announced on May 24th, 2023 the acquisition of the ASTROSMASH® and SHARK! SHARK!® intellectual properties from Intellivision® Entertainment, LLC. ASTROSMASH® was originally designed by John Sohl and introduced for the original Intellivision® console in 1981, the space-themed game has players using a laser cannon to destroy incoming meteors, bombs, and other targets. ASTROSMASH® quickly became one of the most popular Intellivision® games. The original version of SHARK! SHARK!™ was launched 1982 for the Intellivision® console. The player is an ambitious little fish surrounded by the gulping underwater crowd! SHARK! SHARK!™ was selected by the National Game Preservation Board as one of the best video games for permanent maintenance in the United States Library of Congress National Game Registry. Only games of the highest standard like Space Invader, Pac-Man or Donkey Kong are chosen.

  • Member of The Supervisory Board at NIMMSTA
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Member of The Supervisory Board at timeBro GmbH
    Nov 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos

  • Member of The Supervisory Board at Cuculus GmbH
    Aug 2017 - Dec 2025 · 8 yrs 5 mos

  • President at Living Byte Software GmbH
    Apr 2002 - Jun 2011 · 9 yrs 3 mos

    President and owner/founder of Living Byte Software (former RVS Datentechnik GmbH) since 1989. Living Byte is developer of worlds famous ISDN software called RVS-COM. Build up the international business especially in Europe and Asia (Japan, Taiwan, China,...).Typical customers of RVS-COM are Telcos and ISDN hardware manufacturers. In total 15 million RVS-COM licences are sold worldwide.