Nacon Explained
| Nacon |
| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Video games |
| Founders: | --> |
| Key People: | Alain Falc (CEO, Chairman) |
| Hq Location City: | Lesquin |
| Hq Location Country: | France |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Num Employees: | 430 |
| Num Employees Year: | 2020 |
Nacon (formerly Bigben Interactive) is a French video game company based in Lesquin. It designs and distributes gaming accessories, and publishes and distributes video games for various platforms.[1] [2] In 2020, Bigben Group was consolidated to form Nacon.[3]
History
In 2001, the company reached an agreement with Sega to distribute the remaining stock of Sega's Dreamcast consoles, accessories and software across Europe.[4] In December 2016, three years after Atari's initial bankruptcy sale, Atari sold the Test Drive franchise to Bigben Interactive.[5] The V-Rally series was also sold to Bigben Interactive around this time without a formal announcement.[6] 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.[7] In January 2021, Nacon announced that it had acquired Australian video game developer Big Ant Studios.[8] On 1 March 2021, video game developer Frogwares alleged Nacon illegally hacked and published a pirated version of their game, The Sinking City, on Steam in February 2021 during an ongoing distribution dispute between the two companies.[9] [10] In August 2021, Nacon acquired Crea-ture Studios.[11] In October 2021, Nacon acquired Ishtar Games.[12] In February 2022, Nacon acquired Midgar Studio.[13] Nacon announced its intent to acquire Daedalic Entertainment for an estimated in February 2022, with the deal concluding in April 2022.[14] In May 2022 Nacon announced the formation of Nacon Studio Milan, encompassing its October 2020 acquisition RaceWard Studio,[15] as well as other yet to be named studios.[16] in 2020, Nacon acquired rig gaming, a headset company.[17]
Studios
Games published
Under dispute
The rights for the following titles are disputed, with Frogwares claiming Nacon only owns the distribution rights:[76]
Further reading
Web site: Enquête - Nacon-Frogwares : décryptage d'un conflit larvé devenu guerre ouverte . gamekult.com . fr . 20 April 2021 . Investigation - Nacon-Frogwares: deciphering a latent conflict that became an open war.
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: Bigben Interactive - Company Profile . Euronext. 27 September 2019.
- Web site: Handrahan . Matthew . Bigben Group forms new entity ahead of planned IPO . GamesIndustry.biz . en . 30 January 2020.
- Web site: Bigben Interactive devient le distributeur exclusif de Dreamcast en Europe. LesEchos. 10 April 2001. 27 September 2019. fr. Bigben Interactive becomes exclusive distributor of Dreamcast in Europe.
- Web site: Kerr, Chris. Bigben Interactive acquires rights to Test Drive brand from Atari. Gamasutra. 27 September 2019. 15 December 2016.
- Web site: Walsh. Alan. V-Rally 4 Revives Long Dormant Off-Road Racing Series This September For PC & Consoles – FullThrottle Media. www.fullthrottlemedia.co.uk. 27 September 2019.
- Web site: Bigben Interactive is now Nacon as publishing and accessories businesses merge . Alissa . McAloon . 11 February 2020 . 11 February 2020 . .
- Web site: Nacon Acquires AO Tennis, Cricket 19 Developer Big Ant. IGN. 22 January 2021.
- Web site: 2021-03-01. How Nacon Cracked and Pirated The Sinking City. 2021-03-02. Frogwares. en-US.
- Web site: The Sinking City publisher defends its decision to put an 'adapted' copy of the game on Steam . Andy . Chalk . 3 March 2021 . 3 March 2021 . .
- Web site: Nacon acquires Session developer Crea-ture Studios. Gematsu. 3 August 2021.
- Web site: Nacon acquires Ishtar Games. Gematsu. 7 October 2021.
- Web site: Nacon acquires Edge of Eternity developer Midgar Studio . Gematsu . 7 February 2022.
- Web site: Nacon acquires Daedalic Entertainment for $60 million . Shaun . Prescott . February 16, 2022 . February 16, 2022 . .
- Web site: NACON increases to 53% its stake in the capital of RaceWard Studio. 2021-06-22. Nacon Corporate. en-US. 17 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210517150654/https://corporate.nacongaming.com/en/press/nacon-participation-rw/. dead.
- Web site: Partis . Danielle . 5 May 2022 . Nacon launches new studio in Milan . 2022-09-23 . GamesIndustry.biz . en.
- Web site: NACON . NACON ANNOUNCES SHIPPING OF NEW RIG 800 PRO HEADSET SERIES WITH MULTI FUNCTION BASE STATION FOR XBOX®, PLAYSTATION® AND PC . 2024-02-05 . www.prnewswire.com . en.
- Web site: Bigben Interactive Has Acquired Cyanide Studios So As To Meet 'Ambitions In The AA Segment'. 2021-06-22. GamingBolt. en-US.
- Web site: Nacon acquires definitely Daedalic Entertainment. 2022-04-04. corporate.nacongaming.com. en. 7 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220407153215/https://corporate.nacongaming.com/en/press/daedalic-acquisition-definitive/. dead.
- Web site: Bigben acquires Eko Software for €8.5 million. 2021-06-22. GamesIndustry.biz. 26 September 2018 . en.
- Web site: Bigben spending spree continues with Kylotonn acquisition. 2021-06-22. GamesIndustry.biz. 3 October 2018 . en.
- Web site: Nacon Acquires FIA Euro Truck Racing Developer. 2021-06-22. racesimcentral.net. 19 October 2020 . en-US.
- Web site: Bigben acquires Spiders. 2021-06-22. GamesIndustry.biz. 24 July 2019 . en.
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- Web site: NACON will publish Zorro The Chronicles . 2022-04-17 . Nacon Corporate . en-US . 17 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220417182947/https://corporate.nacongaming.com/en/press/zorro-the-chronicles/ . dead .
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