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Line 1: − [[File:Ulisseslogo.jpg|right]] + [[Image:Ulisseslogo.jpg|right]] + Established in December 1991, the '''''Ulisses Medien & Spiel Distribution GmbH''''', doing business as '''''Ulisses Spiele''''', is a [[w:Germany|German]] games publishing company, distributor and wholesale dealer. − Established in December 1991, the '''''Ulisses Medien & Spiel Distribution GmbH''''', doing business as '''''Ulisses Spiele''''', is a [[w:Germany|German]] games publishing company, distributor and wholesale dealer with a focus of fantasy and role-playing games.+ The company has picked up many [[w:intellectual property|intellectual properties]] previously held by [[FanPro]] prior to FanPro's withdrawal, and holds the license to produce the German line of [[BattleTech]] since 2011. − ==German BattleTech licensee==+ Like FanPro did before them, Ulisses does not merely translate content from the American Edition. They include small expansions and errata with the translated rulebooks and sourcebooks and also publish entirely original material such as the ''[[Bruderkampf]]'' promotional scenario pack, as well as continue the line of [[FanPro Novels|"Classic BattleTech" novels]] established by FanPro with new, original novels in addition to translated novels from both the [[Classic BattleTech]] and [[MechWarrior: Dark Age]] lines. − In a sense, Ulisses Spiele was a successor to [[FanPro]]. They had picked up many [[w:intellectual property|intellectual properties]] previously held by [[FanPro]] prior to FanPro's factual disbanding, and held the license to produce the German line of [[BattleTech]] from 2011 to April 2023. − Like FanPro before them, Ulisses did not merely translate content from the American edition. They included small expansions and errata with the translated rulebooks and sourcebooks, and also publish entirely original material such as the ''[[Bruderkampf]]'' promotional scenario pack, as well as continuing the line of [[FanPro Novels|"Classic BattleTech" novels]] established by FanPro with new, original German novels in addition to translated novels from both the [[Classic BattleTech]] and [[MechWarrior: Dark Age]] lines.+ A notable change implemented by Ulisses is that the names of [[BattleMech]]s, [[Aerospace Fighter]]s and other combat units are not translated into German anymore. The original English designations are used across the board even where German translations have been established for a long time (for example, the HBK-4H ''[[Hunchback]]'' is referred by this designation in Ulisses' new German edition of the boxed set, whereas it was previously referred to as QSM-4H ''Quasimodo'' in Germany ever since FanPro published the German edition of [[CityTech]] and the ''[[Technical Readout: 3025|Hardware-Handbuch: 3025]]'' in 1990). − A notable change implemented by Ulisses is that they abandoned using the established German edition names of [[BattleMech]]s, [[aerospace fighter]]s, and other combat units. The original English designations are now used across the board even where German translations of these names have been established for a long time (for example, the HBK-4G ''[[Hunchback]]'' is now referred by this designation in Ulisses' German edition of the boxed set, whereas it was previously referred to as QSM-4G ''Quasimodo'' in Germany ever since FanPro published the German edition of [[CityTech]] and the ''[[Technical Readout: 3025|Hardware-Handbuch: 3025]]'' in 1990).+ ==References== − + <references/> − ==License expiry== − On 14 December 2022, Ulisses Spiele announced that their license with Catalyst would expire and that they would stop selling Battletech in April 2023<ref>''[https://ulisses-spiele.de/battletech-verlaesst-ulisses-spiele/''Official Announcement'']''</ref> (which they did). ==External links== ==External links== − * [http://www.ulisses-spiele.de Ulisses Spiele website] + *[http://www.fanpro.de/ German FanPro website] − − ==References== − <references /> [[Category:Game Publisher]] [[Category:Game Publisher]]
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| + | Established in December 1991, the '''''Ulisses Medien & Spiel Distribution GmbH''''', doing business as '''''Ulisses Spiele''''', is a [[w:Germany|German]] games publishing company, distributor and wholesale dealer. | ||
| − | + | The company has picked up many [[w:intellectual property|intellectual properties]] previously held by [[FanPro]] prior to FanPro's withdrawal, and holds the license to produce the German line of [[BattleTech]] since 2011. | |
| − | + | Like FanPro did before them, Ulisses does not merely translate content from the American Edition. They include small expansions and errata with the translated rulebooks and sourcebooks and also publish entirely original material such as the ''[[Bruderkampf]]'' promotional scenario pack, as well as continue the line of [[FanPro Novels|"Classic BattleTech" novels]] established by FanPro with new, original novels in addition to translated novels from both the [[Classic BattleTech]] and [[MechWarrior: Dark Age]] lines. | |
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| − | + | A notable change implemented by Ulisses is that the names of [[BattleMech]]s, [[Aerospace Fighter]]s and other combat units are not translated into German anymore. The original English designations are used across the board even where German translations have been established for a long time (for example, the HBK-4H ''[[Hunchback]]'' is referred by this designation in Ulisses' new German edition of the boxed set, whereas it was previously referred to as QSM-4H ''Quasimodo'' in Germany ever since FanPro published the German edition of [[CityTech]] and the ''[[Technical Readout: 3025|Hardware-Handbuch: 3025]]'' in 1990). | |
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:Game Publisher]] | [[Category:Game Publisher]] | ||