Deca Games

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Deca Games
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Founded2016;8 years ago (2016)
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
RevenueIncrease2.svg €156.05 million [1]  (2022)
Number of employees
814 [1]  (2022)
Parent Embracer Group (2020–present)
Subsidiaries
  • A Thinking Ape
  • Crazy Labs
  • Cryptic Studios
  • IUGO Mobile Entertainment
  • Jufeng Studio
Website decagames.com

Deca Games, stylized as DECA, is a game publisher and developer of video games that is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The company's primary focus is on acquiring and operating older free-to-play games as a service. They are the current owners and developers of the massively multiplayer online shooter Realm of the Mad God . [2] [3] The company has also acquired a number of free-to-play mobile games, including DragonVale and multiple titles from Japanese publisher GREE (including Crime City, Knights and Dragons, Modern War and Kingdom Age). [4] [5]

In August 2020, the company was acquired by Embracer Group, which made it as the sixth major operative group in the company to focus on free-to-play mobile games. [6]

Acquisitions

Deca Games acquired mobile games Crime City, Kingdom Age, Knights and Dragons, and Modern War from Japanese publisher GREE on October 17, 2019. [5]

Deca Games acquired DragonVale from Hasbro, who closed down the game's developer Backflip Studios at the end of 2019, on March 17, 2020. [7]

On February 21, 2023, Deca Games acquired the rights to various games developed by Next Games, including The Walking Dead: No Man's Land , due to Next Games' acquisition by Netflix. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Embracer Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2021-2022" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "One company's cast-off can be Deca Games' treasure". GamesIndustry.biz. October 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Kabam vet leads Deca Games' charge into live operations for old games". August 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ McAloon, Alissa (March 17, 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". www.gamasutra.com.
  5. 1 2 Jordan, Jon (October 17, 2019). "Deca Games plays F2P's long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE". pocketgamer.biz.
  6. ↑ Romano, Sal (August 13, 2020). "Embracer Group acquires 4A Games, DECA Games, New World Interactive, Palindrome Interactive, Pow Wow Entertainment, Rare Earth Games, Sola Media, and Vermila Studios". Gematsu.
  7. ↑ McAloon, Alissa (March 17, 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  8. ↑ "What's Happening to No Man's Land?". DECA Games. February 21, 2023.


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