BBG Entertainment GmbH — sometimes stylized as 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. Also works with external development studios as needed. 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, with all rights pertaining thereto, 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 of all ages and sexes for over three decades. The original Boulder Dash was created by Peter Liepa with Chris Gray and published by First Star Software, Inc. 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 with all rights pertaining thereto, from Intellivision Entertainment, LLC. Under this new ownership arrangement, Intellivision Entertainment, LLC will retain any preexisting activations of the original versions of ASTROSMASH and SHARK! SHARK! as well as any versions for future platforms from Intellivision.
