 On 1 June 1999, German media company Computec Media announced that they had acquired a 51% majority stake in Neo Software for shares of common stock worth .Computec cited profit generated from Neo Software's "Rent-a-Hero" (1998) and "Alien Nations" (1999) as reasons for the purchase.On 23 February 2000, Gameplay.com announced that they had acquired five of Computec Media's computer-related companies, which included Neo Software, for in cash, and shares of common stock worth another .