Dotemu SAS (originally DotEmu SAS) is a French

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and

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based in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, founded in 2007 by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand. It is best known for its remasters and remakes.

History

Dotemu was founded by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand in 2007. The company's offices are located in

, close to the Folies Bergère. In April 2010, Dotemu launched a

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service that would sell games without

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, akin to Good Old Games. In March 2017, Dotemu announced that their online store would be closed down on 1 June that year. The company cited tough market competition and their focus shifting towards game development rather than game distribution. In September 2015, Liard and Tisserand sold their company to an unnamed private investor. Later that month, they founded a new video game publisher, Playdigious (who would later publish Dotemu’s games on mobile platforms). Subsequently, in October 2014, Cyrille Imbert was appointed as Dotemu's

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. In March 2018, Dotemu announced the creation of The Arcade Crew, a publishing label that would support small development teams. In August 2021, the company was acquired by Focus Home Interactive (now Focus Entertainment) for approximately ().

Games developed or published

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