game. Rearranged and modified, but it's there." He added that he was "disappointed and outraged that Rockstar Games tries to pretend that Rockstar Vienna and the work we did on Manhunt 2 never happened – the work of over 50 people, who put years of their lives into the project, trying to make the best game they could". Legacy Rockstar Vienna's demise prompted the creation of many smaller studios in the Vienna area. Seifert, Laber, and Jürgen Goeldner established the studio Games That Matter, which they announced in January 2007. By the end of that month, the studio mostly comprised former Rockstar Vienna staff. Koch Media bought the studio in August 2007 and incorporated it into the Deep Silver label as Deep Silver Vienna. It was Koch Media's first acquisition of a development studio. Deep Silver Vienna's first game was Cursed Mountain, developed in association with Sproing Interactive and released for the Wii in 2009. Laber left the studio in December 2009 and Seifert announced his intent to leave the company by 31 January 2010. Koch Media disestablished Deep Silver Vienna on 31 January 2010 and laid off its twenty employees, citing that it was necessary to concentrate its operations at its Munich headquarters in the face of the "overall economic situation". The project it had in development at the time, Ride to Hell, was handed to Eutechnyx. Seifert later acted as the studio head for IO Interactive from 2010 until February 2017, while Laber joined the Viennese social network game company Socialspiel, previously founded by former Rockstar Vienna and Deep Silver Vienna staff, in August 2012. Games developed As Neo Software As Rockstar Vienna Cancelled Online Pirates / Pirates! Online References External links (archived) 1993 establishments in Austria 1999 mergers and acquisitions 2000 mergers and acquisitions 2001 mergers and acquisitions 2006 disestablishments in Austria Austrian companies established in 1993 Companies based in Vienna Defunct video game companies of Austria Rockstar Games subsidiaries Take-Two Interactive divisions and subsidiaries Video game companies disestablished in 2006 Video game companies established in 1993 Video game development companies