Focus Entertainment | |
Former Name: | Focus Home Interactive (1996–2021) |
Type: | Public |
Industry: | Video games |
Key People: | Christophe Nobileau (President and CEO)[1] |
Hq Location City: | Paris |
Hq Location Country: | France |
Products: | City Life series Cities XL series Pro Cycling Manager series Sherlock Holmes series TrackMania series Wargame series |
Revenue: | [2] |
Revenue Year: | 2021 |
Income Year: | 2021 |
Net Income Year: | 2021 |
Assets: | [3] |
Assets Year: | 2021 |
Equity Year: | 2021 |
Parent: | PulluP Entertainment |
Subsid: | Deck13 Dotemu Douze Dixiemes Streum On Studio Leikir Studio BlackMill Games Dovetail Games Carpool Studio |
Focus Entertainment (formerly Focus Home Interactive) is a French video game developer and publisher based in Paris. Founded in 1996, Focus has published and distributed original titles such as Sherlock Holmes, TrackMania, Runaway, and sports games like Cycling Manager and Virtual Skipper.
On 25 June 2010, it was announced that Focus had acquired the Cities XL franchise from now defunct Monte Cristo.[4] In 2012, Focus began working with Giants Software, creator of Farming Simulator.[5] In April 2018, then-CEO Cédric Lagarrigue left the company after 20 years.[6]
In June 2020, the company acquired Deck13 for €7.1 million.[7] In April 2021, Focus also acquired Streum On Studio.[8] In August 2021, the company acquired Dotemu for approximately .[9]
On September 6, 2021, Focus Home Interactive rebranded to Focus Entertainment.[10] In October 2021, Focus acquired Douze Dixiemes.[11]
In February 2022, Focus acquired Leikir Studio, for an undisclosed sum.[12] On September 13, 2022, Focus acquired BlackMill Games.[13]
In April 2023, Focus acquired Dovetail Games.[14]
In April 2024, Focus Entertainment rebranded as PulluP Entertainment with a new logo.[15]
Name | Location | Subsidiary Type | Founded or acquired | |||
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BlackMill Games | Heiloo, Netherlands | Developer | [16] | |||
Deck13 | Deck13 Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | Developer | [17] | ||
Deck13 Montreal | Montreal, Canada | |||||
Deck13 Spotlight | Frankfurt, Germany | Publisher | ||||
Dotemu | Paris, France | Developer | [18] | |||
Douze Dixièmes | Saint Ouen, France | Developer | [19] | |||
Carpool Studio | Paris, France | Developer | June 15, 2023 | [20] | ||
Leikir Studio | Ivry-sur-Seine, France | Developer | [21] | |||
Streum On Studio | Paris, France | Developer | [22] | |||
Dovetail Games | Chatham, England | Publisher |
See main article: List of Focus Entertainment games.