Games developed
Year Title Platform(s) Notes
2007 The Witcher macOS, Microsoft Windows Enhanced Edition released in 2008
2011 The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 Enhanced Edition released in 2012
2014 The Witcher Adventure Game Android, iOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows Co-developed with Can Explode[81]
2015 The Witcher Battle Arena Android, iOS Co-developed with Fuero Games[82]
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone Expansion pack to The Witcher 3
2016 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine
2018 Gwent: The Witcher Card Game Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android Spinoff of a card game featured in The Witcher 3 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android Standalone single-player game originally planned to be included in Gwent as Gwent: Thronebreaker[83]
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
2021 The Witcher: Monster Slayer Android, iOS
CD Projekt (Video game developer)
The industry leader in creating role-playing games.
Established in 2002, located in Warsaw (HQ), Kraków and Wrocław, Poland, CD PROJEKT RED was born out of raw passion for video games.
The studio’s founders: Michał Kiciński and Marcin Iwiński, both pioneers in video game distribution in Poland in the 90s, decided to employ their gaming industry experience in video game development. In 2007, The Witcher was born.
After the success of the first installment of the game, the studio set sail for bigger leagues and began working on a sequel. Hitting PC in 2011 and Xbox 360 a year later, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings became one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games in the genre’s contemporary history. What started out as a small, skeleton-crew studio is now a premiere RPG developer, employing over 800 people from all around the world and setting standards for the whole industry in terms of quality of games and the approach to gamers.
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Leipzig
Leipzig
LargestMost populous city in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
Leipzig in Saxon dialect also Leibzsch [ˈlaɪ̯bt͡sʃ]) is an independent city and the most populous city in the Free State of Saxony with 609.869 inhabitants (31 December 2021). In 2021, it ranked eighth in the list of large cities in Germany. For Central Germany, it is a historical centre of business, trade and transport, administration, culture and education, as well as currently a centre for the "creative scene."
(Source:https://www.leipzig.de/news/news/leipzig-hat-jetzt-609869-einwohner)
(Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig)
Settlement of the town centre began in the 5th millennium BC south of today's Goerdelerring. In the 6th century, immigrant Slavs built a permanent settlement, which was given the name "Lipzk" (lipa = place by the lime trees) around 800.
In 928, the German castle "urbs Lipzi" was founded on the hill of the later Matthäikirchhof. This was first mentioned in 1015 in the chronicle of Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg.
The year 1165 is regarded as the founding year of the city of Leipzig, when Margrave Otto the Rich granted the city and market rights. Situated at the crossroads of the two trade and military routes Via Regia and Via Imperii, Leipzig developed into an important trading city. A milestone on this path was the trade fair privilege granted by Emperor Maximilian I in 1497. It elevated the markets held three times a year to imperial fairs and forbade towns within a 15-mile radius from holding markets.
BMWBMW Group
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Logo since 2020
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Type Public (Aktiengesellschaft)
Type: Public limited company (German AG ~ Aktiengesellschaft)
Traded as FWB: BMW
Industry : Automotive
Automobiles
Current models
See also: List of BMW vehicles, Mini (marque), and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
The current model lines of BMW cars are:
1 Series five-door hatchbacks (model code F40). A four-door sedan variant (model code F52) is also sold in China and Mexico.[38]
2 Series two-door coupes (model code G42), "Active Tourer" five-seat MPVs (F45) and "Gran Tourer" seven-seat MPVs (F46), and four-door "Gran Coupe" fastback (model code F44).
3 Series four-door sedans (model code G20) and five-door station wagons (G21).
4 Series two-door coupes (model code G22), two-door convertibles (model code G23) and five-door "Gran Coupe" fastbacks (model code G24).
5 Series four-door sedans (model code G30) and five-door station wagons (G31). A long-wheelbase sedan variant (G38) is also sold in China.
6 Series "Gran Turismo" five-door coupes (model code G32)
7 Series four-door sedans (model code G11) and long-wheelbase four-door sedans (model code G12).
8 Series two-door coupes (model code G14), two-door convertibles (G15) and "Gran Coupe" four-door fastbacks (G16).
1 Series (F40)
2 Series (F44)
3 Series (G20)
4 Series (G22)
5 Series (G30)
6 Series (G32)
7 Series (G12)
8 Series (G15)
The current model lines of the X Series SUVs and crossovers are:
X1 (F48)
X2 (F39)
X3 (G01)
X4 (G02)
X5 (G05)
X6 (G06)
X7 (G07)
X1 (F48)
X2 (F39)
X3 (G01)
X4 (G02)
X5 (G05)
X6 (G06)
X7 (G07)
The current model line of the Z Series two-door roadsters is the Z4 (model code G29).
Z4 (G29)
i models
Main article: BMW i
All-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles are sold under the BMW i sub-brand. The current model range consists of:
i3 five-door B-segment (supermini) hatchback, powered by an electric motor (with optional REx petrol engine)
i3
BMW announced the launch of two new BMW i all-electric models, the BMW iX3 SUV by late 2020, and the BMW i4 four-door sedan in 2021.[39][40]
In addition, several plug-in hybrid models built on existing platforms have been marketed as iPerformance models. Examples include the 225xe using a 1.5 L three-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with an electric motor, the 330e/530e using a 2.0 L four-cylinder engine with an electric motor, and the 740e using a 2.0 litre turbocharged petrol engine with an electric motor.[41] Also, crossover and SUV plug-in hybrid models have been released using i technology: X1 xDrive25e, X2 xDrive25e, X3 xDrive30e, and X5 xDrive40e.[42]
M models
Main article: BMW M
The BMW M GmbH subsidiary (called BMW Motorsport GmbH until 1993) has high-performance versions of various BMW models since 1978.
The recent model range consists of:
M2 two-door coupe
M3 four-door sedan
M4 two-door coupe/convertible
M5 four-door sedan
M8 two-door coupe/convertible and four-door sedan
X3 M five-door compact SUV[43]
X4 M five-door coupe-styled compact SUV[43]
X5 M five-door SUV[44]
X6 M five-door coupe-styled SUV[45]
M2
M3
M4
M5
M8
X3 M
X4 M
X5 M
X6 M
The letter "M" is also often used in the marketing of BMW's regular models, for example the F20 M140i model, the G11 M760Li model and various optional extras called "M Sport", "M Performance" or similar.
Naming convention for models
Main article: List of BMW vehicles § Nomenclature
Motorsport
Main article: BMW in motorsport
BMW has a long history of motorsport activities, including:
Touring cars, such as DTM, WTCC, ETCC and BTCC
Formula One
Endurance racing, such as 24 Hours Nürburgring, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona and Spa 24 Hours
Isle of Man TT
Dakar Rally
American Le Mans Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Formula BMW – a junior racing Formula category.
Formula Two
Formula E
2016 BMW M4 DTM
2016 BMW M6 GT3
2016 BMW S1000RR
Involvement in the arts
Art Cars
Main article: BMW Art Car
In 1975, sculptor Alexander Calder was commissioned to paint the BMW 3.0 CSL racing car driven by Hervé Poulain at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which became the first in the series of BMW Art Cars. Since Calder's work of art, many other renowned artists throughout the world have created BMW Art Cars, including David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.[46] To date, a total of 19 BMW Art Cars, based on both racing and regular production vehicles, have been created.
1975 3.0 CSL Art Car by Alexander Calder
1979 M1 Art Car by Andy Warhol
Architecture
BMW Headquarters
The global BMW Headquarters in Munich represents the cylinder head of a 4-cylinder engine. It was designed by Karl Schwanzer and was completed in 1972. The building has become a European icon[46] and was declared a protected historic building in 1999. The main tower consists of four vertical cylinders standing next to and across from each other. Each cylinder is divided horizontally in its center by a mold in the facade. Notably, these cylinders do not stand on the ground; they are suspended on a central support tower.
BMW Museum is a futuristic cauldron-shaped building, which was also designed by Karl Schwanzer and opened in 1972.[47] The interior has a spiral theme and the roof is a 40-metre diameter BMW logo.
BMW Welt, the company's exhibition space in Munich, was designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au and opened in 2007. It includes a showroom and lifting platforms where a customer's new car is theatrically unveiled to the customer.[48]