Also this week, the video game industry again came to the takeover of studios. The beginning of the Swedish Embracer Group, which acquired eight new studios.
But the French Publisher Focus Home Interactive is not idle and now announced the acquisition of Dotemu. The Paris-based developer studio Dotemu was founded in 2007 and made a name in recent years, especially with Remastered productions and the development of 2D retro titles.
The studio behind Streets of Rage 4
Among the most famous titles, for which Dotemu was last responsibility, the beat'em up "Streets of Rage 4", "Final Fantasy VIII Remastered", "Windjammer" and "Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap". Currently, the French studio works on other projects such as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge" or "Metal Slug Tactics".
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"Taking the editorial and strategic independence that has made it successful, Dotemu will be able to give more ambition to its projects and to give the opportunity to expand the service offering for studios," commented Focus Home Interactive the acquisition From Dotemu.
"Thus, Dotemu is ideally positioned to achieve its ambitious growth plan for the medium-term tripling of sales."
Source: Gematsu
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