<s>
Bigpoint	B-Application
GmbH	O
is	O
a	O
German	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
develops	O
stand-alone	O
browser-based	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
as	O
well	O
as	O
social	O
network	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bigpoint	B-Application
has	O
over	O
200	O
million	O
registered	O
users	O
(	O
announced	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bigpoint.com	O
states	O
that	O
337,104,419	O
players	O
are	O
registered	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
right	O
corner	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
10/10/13	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NBCU	O
has	O
featured	O
some	O
of	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
's	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
websites	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
cable	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
headquarters	O
in	O
Hamburg	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
maintains	O
offices	O
in	O
Berlin	O
,	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
Malta	O
and	O
São	O
Paulo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
games	O
include	O
Battlestar	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
Online	I-Application
,	O
Farmerama	O
,	O
Drakensang	B-Application
Online	I-Application
,	O
DarkOrbit	B-Application
and	O
Seafight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bigpoint	B-Application
's	O
first	O
game	O
was	O
Icefighter	O
,	O
an	O
ice	O
hockey	O
management	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2007	O
,	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
was	O
running	O
22	O
browser	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
General	O
Electric	O
and	O
NBC	O
Universal	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
European	O
private-equity	O
group	O
GMT	O
Communications	O
Partners	O
,	O
bought	O
out	O
a	O
70	O
percent	O
share	O
of	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
remaining	O
30	O
percent	O
share	O
under	O
Heiko	O
Hubertz	O
's	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2009	O
,	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
reached	O
more	O
than	O
100	O
million	O
users	O
and	O
had	O
a	O
revenue	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
50	O
million	O
Euros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
26	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
TA	O
Associates	O
and	O
Summit	O
Partners	O
invested	O
$350	O
million	O
into	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
to	O
become	O
the	O
majority	O
shareholders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
had	O
more	O
than	O
800	O
employees	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
laid	O
off	O
120	O
staff	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
are	O
developed	O
using	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
