Nacon acquires Daedalic Entertainment

Didalic Entertainment will enhance the French Nacon Group’s role in publishing and development.

through redemption Didalic Entertainment for 53 million euros, nakon It carries out the largest external growth process in its history. With key intellectual properties such as The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Deponia, Shadow Tactics, Blackguards and The Whispered World, the Hamburg-based German architecture, which is one of the most popular publishers and developers in Europe, will be able to grow at scale as It was announced that no fewer than nine games would be released later this year.

“After the tough times during which we have always been able to differentiate ourselves, I feel especially proud of the past fifteen years and the development of the company. We have established ourselves as an outstanding publisher and developer of games, across multiple genres, across all relevant platforms and have consolidated this position globally,” says Carsten Fichtelmann, founder and CEO of Daedalic Entertainment.Together with Nacon, we are now taking the next step, to continue developing our game catalog, which has been created by our teams and many talented independent studios. We envision cooperation based on trust and cooperation, and a brighter future together.Adds Alain Falc, CEO of Nacon:We learned from our current collaboration on Gollum that we share common values ​​and goals, with the goal of providing players with unique experiences. So it seemed logical for us to deepen the cooperation and we are very pleased with this acquisition. This represents an important step in our strategy.“

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Integration within the Nacon Group will enable the studio to strengthen its development team and position as a leading independent publisher. Carsten Fichtelmann, founder and CEO, and Stephan Harms, COO, will continue to lead the company with significant independence. Nacon will support future projects by bringing together the strengths of the sales, publishing and marketing teams.