Focus Entertainment (formerly Focus Home Interactive) is a French
video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer.
They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer ...
based in Paris. It is a subsidiary of PulluP Entertainment Group. Founded in 1996, Focus has published and distributed original titles such as ''
Sherlock Holmes
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'', ''
TrackMania
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'', ''
Runaway'', and sports games like ''Cycling Manager'' and ''Virtual Skipper''.
History
On 25 June 2010, it was announced that Focus had acquired the ''
Cities XL'' franchise from now-defunct
Monte Cristo.
In 2012, Focus began working with Giants Software, the creator of ''
Farming Simulator''. In April 2018, then-CEO Cédric Lagarrigue left the company after 20 years.
In June 2020, the company acquired
Deck13 for €7.1 million. In April 2021, Focus also acquired
Streum On Studio. In August 2021, the company acquired
Dotemu
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History
Dotemu was founded by Xavier Liar ...
for approximately ().
On 6 September 2021, Focus Home Interactive rebranded to Focus Entertainment. In October 2021, Focus acquired Douze Dixiemes.
In February 2022, Focus acquired Leikir Studio for an undisclosed sum. On 13 September 2022, Focus acquired BlackMill Games.
In April 2023, Focus acquired
Dovetail Games
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.
In April 2024, the company rebranded as PulluP Entertainment with a new logo,
retaining Focus Entertainment Publishing as a subsidiary.
Studios
Games
References
External links
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PulluP Entertainment
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