News from CipSoft

October 21, 2025 – CipSoft has been nominated for the second time in a row as “Studio of the Year” for the German Developer Award (“Deutscher Entwicklerpreis“). The award recognizes creative achievements in the German-speaking games industry and will be presented on December 2 in Cologne. In addition to CipSoft, Toukana Interactive (known for “Dorfromantik”) and Stray Fawn Studio (“The Wandering Village”) were also nominated by the jury, which includes representatives from almost all renowned German development studios. CipSoft previously received the award in 2019 for Tibia.

July 24, 2025 – CipSoft’s upcoming game, the zombie MMORPG Persist Online, is getting a new skill system. Starting with the next playtest, this will give players even more options for developing characters according to their own preferences. As before, points are earned by performing actions belonging to one of the game’s 25 skill trees, such as firing a shotgun or cutting down a tree. However, players can now invest these points much more freely into various passive and active skills.

July 21, 2025 – With this year’s summer update, which can be downloaded from today, Tibia is receiving another major addition: Weapons can now be levelled up. In total, the new “Weapon Proficiency System” offers over 400 different skill trees. To level them, players simply have to equip a corresponding weapon and defeat monsters – the stronger the enemies, the more progress is granted. At each of the up to seven levels, one of a maximum of three perks can then be unlocked.

April 16, 2025 – CipSoft has once again been successfully certified by the international research and consulting institute Great Place to Work and recognized in two categories: "Bavaria’s Best Employers" and "Best Employers ITC" (Information and Communications Technology). These awards stand for "credible management that works fairly and respectfully with employees, a high level of employee identification with the company, and strong team spirit." More information about CipSoft as an employer can be found in the German career section.

April 8, 2025 – Starting today, Tibia players can choose a brand-new character class: the monk, a martial-arts fighter with mystical abilities, is the first new vocation since the MMORPG classic launched in 1997. Like knights, paladins, sorcerers, and druids, the monk can be levelled without limits and played for free indefinitely. Today’s release trailer provides an overview of the new class.