Buddha Publisher NACon "The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum" Daedalic Entertainment to the acquisition. Flowing flowers with developers

Publisher's NACON announced on February 16 to acquire the Publisher / Developer's Daedalic Entertainment. The acquisition amount is € 53 million (approximately 7 billion yen), and it is expected to complete the acquisition procedure within 2022.

Daedalic Entertainment was established in 2007. He is a developer based in Hamburg, and is a medium-sized long-established manufacturer known as a publisher in recent years. Developer is an adventure game "Deponia" series, etc., and as a publisher, a large number of indie games are sold. In a typical place, "Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun", "Unrailed!" "Witch IT", etc. are mentioned.

One NACON has previously been a major Publisher in France, which was working as Bigben Interactive. In addition to developing series such as "WRC" "RUGBY" "Pro Cycling Manager" "Tour de France", the new work of the future is "Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown" and "STEELRISING" "Vampire: The Masquerade-Swansong "And" "has attracted attention. Furthermore, game peripherals are also developed and sold.

NACON also plans to sell the Action Adventure Game "The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum" based on the novel "ring story" (and the movie "Road of the Ring"), and DAEDALIC ENTERTAINMENT Developing the same work. The two companies have taken the partnership in this work and have reached this acquisition announcement in anticipation of further collaboration.

With this acquisition, NACON has a strong position to lead the AA class gaming market, and it is also expected that the synergy effect with the side of Daedalic Entertainment as Indie Game Publisher. The management team of Daedalic Entertainment continued to continue and continues activities with high independence. NACON is supposed to support in sales and marketing.

By the way, as the latest new work selling by Daedalic Entertainment, Zing Games can be handball & tower defense "Zombie Rorz: Pinball Hero" will be delivered March 2 for PC / Nintendo Switch. It is also a manufacturer that has been announced for Japan and is relatively positive for domestic releases.

This acquisition will be the largest project of the past for NACON. The company has ever established Cyanide, "WRC" series, "GreedFall" develop source Spiders, "Session" of "Greedfall", etc. On the 7th, we have just acquired the "Edge of Eternity" developer Midgar Studio.

In this way, the movement of the developer by the acquisition has noticed in recent years. Typically, THQ NORDIC and KOCH Media etc. include Embracer Group. Actively acquired the acquisition of the THQ brand, and as of the end of 2021, the Umbrella studio exceeds 100. In addition, Focus Entertainment (formerly Focus Home Interactive) based in France as NACON acquires DECK13 and DOTEMU. Sony and Microsoft are also crowded with the world.

Not only such major manufacturers, but also the acquisitions by indie game publisher are also active. For example, Devolver Digital has come to be under the umbrella of a developer such as Croteam, Dodge Roll, Nerial. Besides, TinyBuild, Thunderful, Team17, Private Division, etc., are promoting the acquisition of developers with an edge, such as selling.

While the explanation of each company is a variety of competition, securing good quality content will be a major aim in a competitive industry. In addition, there are many examples of acquiring a studio that demonstrate the ability as a partner, and it is already a safe material for the developer to be acquired. In addition, developers continue to be relevant independently, and this may also like to be boosted. The movement of such acquisitions is likely to continue for a while.