The founder of Spellbound Entertainment passed away on Sunday Nov 8 by heart attack.
“For many of us Armin was a personal friend." “We still cannot believe that he has passed away.” - said Andreas Speer, Spellbound’s studio manager.

“I worked with Armin very closely for more than 15 years. He was a good friend with whom I had a lot in common. Our visions of what to do to make our games great were absolutely the same.”

“Though I will miss him bitterly I will continue to strive to create games that Armin would have been proud of" -- Jean-Marc Haessig, the creative director

Gessert built a reputation with, The Great Giana Sisters and The Great Courts. His first title was the action adventure Street Gang which was under the label Rainbow Arts in 1984.

In 1994 he founded Spellbound and won further success with games such as Desperados and the Airline Tycoon series.

Source: develop-online