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, holdings company and gaming peripherals manufacturer based in

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. It designs and distributes gaming accessories, and publishes and distributes video games for various platforms. In 2020, Bigben Group was consolidated to form Nacon.

History

In 2001, the company reached an agreement with

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to distribute the remaining stock of Sega's

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consoles, accessories and software across Europe. In December 2016, three years after

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's initial bankruptcy sale, Atari sold the ''

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'' franchise to Bigben Interactive. The ''V-Rally'' series was also sold to Bigben Interactive around this time without a formal announcement. Through 2020, Bigben Interactive was subsidiary of the Bigben Group, which also oversaw Nacon, its video game accessory company. On 11 February 2020, the parent company announced they were merging Bigben Interactive and Nacon into a single entity to go as Nacon. In January 2021, Nacon announced that it had acquired Australian video game developer

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. On 1 March 2021, video game developer

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alleged Nacon illegally hacked and published a pirated version of their game, ''

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'', on

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in February 2021 during an ongoing distribution dispute between the two companies. In August 2021, Nacon acquired Crea-ture Studios. In October 2021, Nacon acquired Ishtar Games. In February 2022, Nacon acquired Midgar Studio. Nacon announced its intent to acquire

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for an estimated in February 2022, with the deal concluding in April 2022. In May 2022, Nacon announced the formation of Nacon Studio Milan, encompassing its October 2020 acquisition RaceWard Studio, as well as other yet to be named studios. in 2020, Nacon acquired rig gaming, a headset company.

Studios

Games published

Under dispute

The rights for the following titles are disputed, with

claiming Nacon only owns the distribution rights:

References

External links