The new acquisition of Focus Home Interactive is none other than DOTEMU - News - Home

We knew perfectly that Focus Home Interactive was prospecting seriously to enlarge his young studios, but we must admit that we would have never bet on a reconciliation with the Dotemu publisher.

Unexpected, the Franco-French marriage between the publisher specializing in AA games, if possible well, and the rising star of the retrogaming, is however real real and should be finalized in September. In its statement, Focus states that it has already acquired 77.5% of the capital of DOTEMU for the sum of € 38.5 million, to which can be added 15 million euros of bonus if DOTEMU achieves certain objectives. economic on the next two exercises. DOTEMU boss since 2014, Cyrille Imbert retains the direction of his company while gaining a place on the Executive Committee of Focus Home Interactive.

We learn for the occasion that Dotemu, which benefits from a "ambitious growth plan for the years to come /", realized in 2020 a turnover of 14.6 million euros and an operational profit of 4 , 8 million euros. "This operation is only a step further in our history of growth. After the integration of the DECK13 studios and Streum ON, we actively continue to look for other companies in high potential to accelerate our development and expand our offer_" , said Christophe Nobileau, Chairman of the Executive Board of Focus Home Interactive.

DOTEMU will tackle remakes / 3D game suites

For Focus, the idea is to enrich its editorial line and change a little registry by positioning on "the high growth sector of retrogaming_", where Dotemu has made a name for driving successes like * Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap and Street of Rage 4 , Not to mention an increasingly enticing catalog consisting of Windjammers 2 , Ninja Turtles mutant teenage: Shredder's Revenge , Pharaoh: A New Era and Metal Slug Tactics . In addition, DOTEMU holds the label The Arcade Crew which has already released titles like Dark Devotion , Blazing Chrome , Kunai and The Last Spell *. Cyrille Imbert will also take the orders of the new independent Publishing division of Focus, which will bring together the independent games produced by The Arcade Crew but also Deck13 Spotlight.

"Be maintaining the editorial and strategic independence that has made its success, DOTEMU may give further ambition to its projects and to give themselves the means to expand the range of services offered to the studios to ensure the success of their production. on the retro label but also on the label The Arcade Crew. Dotemu is ideally positioned to reach its ambitious growth plan to triple its medium-term turnover_ ", rejoices Cyrille Imbert, which confirm with the same opportunity that The next step for DOTEMU is to produce remakes or game suites from the beginnings of 3D (PlayStation, Saturn, Nintendo 64).