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Formerly | Focus Home Interactive (1996–2021) |
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Company type | Public |
Euronext: ALFOC | |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Christophe Nobileau (President and CEO) [1] |
Products | City Life series Cities XL series Pro Cycling Manager series Sherlock Holmes series TrackMania series Wargame series |
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Parent | PulluP Entertainment |
Subsidiaries | Deck13 Dotemu Douze Dixiemes Leikir Studio BlackMill Games Dovetail Games Carpool Studio |
Website | focus-entmt |
Focus Entertainment (formerly Focus Home Interactive, also known as Focus Entertainment Publishing) is a French video game publisher based in Paris. It is a subsidiary of PulluP Entertainment Group. [4] Founded in 1996, Focus has published and distributed original titles such as Sherlock Holmes , TrackMania , Runaway , and sports games like Cycling Manager and Virtual Skipper.
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On 25 June 2010, it was announced that Focus had acquired the Cities XL franchise from now-defunct Monte Cristo. [5] In 2012, Focus began working with Giants Software, the creator of Farming Simulator . [6] In April 2018, then-CEO Cédric Lagarrigue left the company after 20 years. [7]
In June 2020, the company acquired Deck13 for €7.1 million. [8] In April 2021, Focus also acquired Streum On Studio. [9] In August 2021, the company acquired Dotemu for approximately €38.5 million (US$46 million). [10]
On 6 September 2021, Focus Home Interactive rebranded to Focus Entertainment. [11] In October 2021, Focus acquired Douze Dixiemes. [12]
In February 2022, Focus acquired Leikir Studio for an undisclosed sum. [13] On 13 September 2022, Focus acquired BlackMill Games. [14]
In April 2023, Focus acquired Dovetail Games. [15]
In April 2024, the company rebranded as PulluP Entertainment with a new logo, [16] retaining Focus Entertainment Publishing as a subsidiary.
Name | Location | Founded or acquired | Ref(s). | |
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BlackMill Games | Heiloo, Netherlands | September 2022 | [17] | |
Deck13 | Deck13 Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | June 2020 | [18] |
Deck13 Montreal | Montreal, Canada | |||
Deck13 Spotlight | Frankfurt, Germany | |||
Dotemu | Paris, France | August 2021 | [19] | |
Douze Dixièmes | Saint Ouen, France | October 2021 | [20] | |
Carpool Studio | Paris, France | 15 June 2023 | [21] | |
Leikir Studio | Ivry-sur-Seine, France | February 2022 | [22] | |
Dovetail Games | Chatham, England | April 2023 | [15] |