TURBO D3 is an agency specializing in consulting, concept development, and the creation of digital solutions — ranging from business to entertainment.
Founded in 1998 by Jan Sönke Steffen and Christian von Duisburg in Hamburg’s (back then still wild) Schanzenviertel district, we have been shaping the digital world from day one. Our projects? As diverse as the industry itself: the first website for Sega Germany, the German localization and dubbing of Driver, the best-selling PlayStation game of 1999, and a visionary, fully 3D multiplayer-enabled virtual bank for HypoVereinsbank — built with the Unreal Engine. And that was back in 1999. Or was it already 2000?
Over time, we expanded our expertise and brought IT specialists on board, leading to sophisticated solutions such as a Japanese rewards points system and the HAWK system for Eppendorf AG.
Yet, our passion for games has never faded. We’ve developed advergames for Southern Comfort (even importing dance mats from Japan), Evonik Degussa, Atari/Infogrames, and many more. For over 15 years, we’ve also been running one of Germany’s largest and oldest gaming communities M! Games/MANIAC.de and its associated social media channels. We create digital advertising assets and campaigns for partners like Microsoft, Sony, and Electronic Arts.
After developing numerous mobile games, we are now working with our gaming subsidiary, General Federal Studios, on our first PC and console title: Murder on the Stella.
About Jan Sönke Steffen
Jan Sönke Steffen co-founded TURBO D3 in 1998 and has been its managing and creative director ever since.
Before that, he gained diverse experience: After completing a banking apprenticeship, he became an editor at Power Play, then the most successful PC and video game magazine in Germany — where (while visiting Bullfrog Productions) he also lent his voice to the Amiga hit Syndicate. Later, as a Product and then Marketing Manager at Bertelsmann subsidiary BMG Interactive, he was responsible for David Bowie’s multimedia experience Jump, Aerosmith’s Quest for Fame and groundbreaking games like You Don’t Know Jack and the first Grand Theft Auto (GTA) in the GSA region.
Less glorious but worth mentioning: a briefly attempted (and ultimately abandoned) law degree.