Dotemu SAS (originally DotEmu SAS) is a French

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and

publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

based in the 9th arrondissement of

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, founded in 2007 by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand.

History

Dotemu was founded by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand in 2007. The company's offices are located in

, close to the

Folies Bergère The Folies Bergère () is a cabaret music hall, located in Paris, France. Located at 32 Rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, the Folies Bergère was built as an opera house by the architect Plumeret. It opened on 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trév ...

. In April 2010, Dotemu launched a new

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service that would sell games without

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, akin to

Good Old Games GOG.com (formerly Good Old Games) is a digital distribution platform for video games and films. It is operated by GOG sp. z o.o., a wholly owned subsidiary of CD Projekt based in Warsaw, Poland. GOG.com delivers DRM-free video games through it ...

. In March 2017, Dotemu announced that their online store would be closed down on 1 June that year. The company cited a too strong market competition and their focus shifting towards game development rather than game distribution. In September 2015, Liard and Tisserand sold their company to an unnamed, private investor. Later that month, they founded a new video game publisher, Playdigious. Subsequently, in October 2014, Cyrille Imbert was appointed as Dotemu's

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

. In March 2018, Dotemu announced the creation of The Arcade Crew, a publishing label that would support small development teams. In August 2021, the company was acquired by Focus Home Interactive (now

Focus Entertainment Focus Entertainment (formerly Focus Home Interactive) is a French video game developer and publisher based in Paris, France. Founded in 1996, Focus has published and distributed original titles such as ''Sherlock Holmes'', ''TrackMania'', '' Run ...

) for approximately ().

Games developed or published

Dotemu announced new games to be published: ''

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'' ''and Pharaoh: A New Era''

References

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