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Plaion
Plaion GmbH (formerly Koch Media) is an Austrian media company headquartered in Höfen, Tyrol, with an additional office in Planegg, Germany. It was founded in 1994 by Franz Koch and Klemens Kundratitz. The company operates video game publishing labels Deep Silver, Prime Matter and Ravenscourt, the video game developers Warhorse Studios and Milestone srl, Milestone, as well as a film distribution arm, Plaion Pictures. Koch Media's parent company, Koch Media Holding, was acquired by Swedish holding company Embracer Group (then known as THQ Nordic AB) in February 2018. History Early history (1994–2015) Koch Media was founded in 1994 by Franz Koch (founder of Koch International) and his business partner, Klemens Kundratitz to market and distribute software. Koch Media operated out of offices in Germany and Austria, while a regional subsidiary, Koch Media Ltd., was opened in England. In 1995, Koch Media sold more than 250,000 software licenses, and in 1996, the company beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embracer Group
Embracer Group AB (formerly Nordic Games Licensing AB and THQ Nordic AB) is a Swedish video game and media holding company based in Karlstad. The company comprises 8 operative groups: Amplifier Game Invest, CDE Entertainment, Coffee Stain Studios, Dark Horse Media, Deca Games, Freemode, Plaion and THQ Nordic. Embracer Group was established as Nordic Games Licensing within Nordic Games Group in 2011. The latter had previously purchased assets from the bankrupt publisher JoWooD and established Nordic Games GmbH (a subsidiary of Nordic Games Licensing) to manage them. Nordic Games Licensing continued to purchase intellectual property from defunct publishers, notably several THQ products in 2013, followed by the "THQ" trademark in 2014. In August 2016, Nordic Games Licensing and Nordic Games GmbH changed their names to THQ Nordic. The parent company became a public company in 2016 and changed its name to Embracer Group in 2019. Until 2023, Embracer Group rapidly grew through major a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime Limited
Anime Limited, also known as All the Anime, is a British anime distribution company based in Glasgow, Scotland. It releases anime for British, Irish, French and other European audiences. The company was established in 2012 by Andrew Partridge, best known from his role in Scotland Loves Anime. The company releases both old and new anime titles both on home video and theatrically, aided by the Scotland Loves Anime film festival. From 2015 to 2018, Anime Limited served as the distributors for Funimation in Britain & Ireland. History On 14 December 2012, Kazé UK representative and Scotland Loves Anime director Andrew Partridge launched the social media and website for Anime Limited, and stated that he would be launching a new anime distribution company in 2013, with a focus on collector style home video releases, and " evelopinga theatrical market for Japanese animation" in the British market. After reaching 1000 likes on its Facebook page, on 22 December 2012, Anime Limite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warhorse Studios
Warhorse Studios s.r.o. is a Czech video game developer based in Prague. Founded in July 2011 by Dan Vávra and Martin Klíma, the studio produced '' Kingdom Come: Deliverance'', which was released in February 2018. In February 2019, the company was acquired by Plaion. History Warhorse Studios’ foundation was announced on 25 July 2011 by Dan Vávra, formerly a writer and game designer for 2K Czech, and Martin Klíma, formerly a producer for Bohemia Interactive. Early hires were Viktor Bocan and Zbyněk Trávnický. The studio's first project was role-playing video game '' Kingdom Come: Deliverance'', which was released on 13 February 2018. By February 2024, the game had sold six million units. On 13 February 2019, the studio was acquired by Koch Media (renamed Plaion in 2022) for . As of August 2019, Warhorse had 131 employees. On 10 June 2021, it was announced that Warhorse Studios would be collaborating with Saber Interactive to develop a ''Kingdom Come: Deliveranc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DigixArt
DigixArt Entertainment SAS is a video game development company based in Montpellier, France. Founded in 2015 by Yoan Fanise, the director of '' Valiant Hearts: The Great War'', the company is most known for developing '' 11-11: Memories Retold'' and '' Road 96''. History The studio was founded in April 2015 by Yoan Fanise, who previously worked at Ubisoft Montpellier for 14 years. Following the success of his previous project, '' Valiant Hearts: The Great War'', which secured multiple wins at the British Academy Games Awards, Fanise decided to establish his own company to develop independent games. The studio was named after "tenth art", the name of an award that Fanise and his team won for their work on ''Valiant Hearts''. The studio had a total of 6 people alongside some contractors when it was established. Fanise's goal was to create meaningful games at a pace that faster than he could achieve at a triple-A studios. The studio took nine months to develop their debut title, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milestone Srl
Milestone S.r.l. is an Italian video game developer based in Milan. Founded in 1994 by Antonio Farina, the studio specialises in racing games, especially motorcycle racing games. The company began under the name Graffiti, developing the car racing game ''Screamer''. After the studio rebranded as Milestone in 1996, it used ''Screamer''s success for multi-game publishing deals with Virgin Interactive and Electronic Arts. The poor performance of '' Racing Evoluzione'', published by Atari with little marketing, lead to key figures leaving Milestone. As part of Leader Group from 2002 on, the studio hired many younger developers and developed multiple games for multiple platforms, including several based on the Superbike World Championship. This shaped Milestone's identity as a developer of motorcycle racing games. After detaching from Leader Group in 2011, the studio obtained the license for MotoGP games in 2013. In 2019, Milestone was acquired by Koch Media. History Antonio Farina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Silver
Deep Silver is an Austrian video game publisher and a division of Plaion. History Deep Silver was announced in November 2002, with their first release to be '' Anarchy Online: The Notum Wars''. According to Craig McNichol, who ran Koch Media's England branch, the idea behind Deep Silver was to have a business segment that would develop games that would complement the games Koch Media was distributing on behalf of other publishers. McNichol also stated that Deep Silver's name was subject to much internal discussion. Koch Media invested in Deep Silver in July 2003, and in November 2003, all of Koch Media's game publishing operations (excluding distribution) were reallocated to Deep Silver. The division had been continuously active since, primarily in Europe. In April 2008, Koch Media opened Deep Silver, Inc., a subsidiary branch based in Los Angeles, under Deep Silver's name. In August 2007, Games That Matter, a studio founded by former Rockstar Vienna employees in 2006, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Wild Hog
Flying Wild Hog Sp. z o.o. is a Polish video game developer based in Warsaw and founded in 2009. The company is best known for the 2013 reboot of '' Shadow Warrior'', and its 2016 sequel, '' Shadow Warrior 2''. History Flying Wild Hog was established in 2009. The studio worked on their own Road Hog Engine, a video game engine, which resulted in their first title '' Hard Reset'' released in September 2011. In April 2012, Flying Wild Hog released ''Hard Reset: Exile'', a free DLC for '' Hard Reset''. In September 2013, they released '' Shadow Warrior'', which was published by Devolver Digital, with the sequel, '' Shadow Warrior 2'' having been announced in 2015 for a 2016 release. In December 2015, Flying Wild Hog opened a new division in Kraków, led by Michał Kuk. In March 2019, Flying Wild Hog was acquired by Supernova Capital, an investment firm started by the former Chief executive officer, CEO of Splash Damage, Paul Wedgwood, and other members from Splash Damage. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milestone (Italian Company)
Milestone S.r.l. is an Italian video game developer based in Milan. Founded in 1994 by Antonio Farina, the studio specialises in racing games, especially motorcycle racing games. The company began under the name Graffiti, developing the car racing game ''Screamer (video game), Screamer''. After the studio rebranded as Milestone in 1996, it used ''Screamer''s success for multi-game publishing deals with Virgin Interactive and Electronic Arts. The poor performance of ''Racing Evoluzione'', published by Atari, Inc. (1993–present), Atari with little marketing, lead to key figures leaving Milestone. As part of Leader Group from 2002 on, the studio hired many younger developers and developed multiple games for multiple platforms, including several based on the Superbike World Championship. This shaped Milestone's identity as a developer of motorcycle racing games. After detaching from Leader Group in 2011, the studio obtained the license for MotoGP games in 2013. In 2019, Milestone w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koch International
Koch Entertainment was an American record label and a distributor of film, television, and music. It was purchased by Canadian entertainment company Lionsgate Canada, ROW Entertainment in 2005. History First years The company began in 1975 as part of Koch International originally of Tirol, later of Munich. Founded by Tirolean banker Franz Koch, Koch was an independent Austrian record label, recording studio, and music distribution company that specialized in German Folk Music and later popular classical music recordings. For over 20 years, the international arm of the company operated under the name Koch Entertainment, a music, film, and television distribution & record label company that was started in 1987 by Franz's son Michael in New York City. In 1988, the parent Austrian company Koch acquired Schwann Records from Schwann Verlag. 1990s By 1991, Koch had become one of the first national independent distributors of domestic labels in the U.S. by offering an alternative to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SCi Entertainment
SCi Games Limited (formerly The Sales Curve Limited and SCi (Sales Curve Interactive) Limited) was a British video game publisher based in London. The company was founded in 1988 by Jane Cavanagh and floated on the stock exchange in 1996. In May 2005, SCi's parent company SCi Entertainment Group plc acquired Eidos plc, the parent company of publisher Eidos Interactive, and merged their operations by June 2006; that company was briefly renamed Eidos Limited and was subsequently acquired by Square Enix in March 2009. Both SCi Games and Eidos remain shell companies under Square Enix Limited. History Jane Cavanagh, formerly an executive for British Telecom's Telecomsoft division, founded The Sales Curve in 1988, following a trip to Japan that convinced her of the potential of the video game industry. Cavanagh established and ran the company without external funding, and owned 100% of the company's shares. The Sales Curve published their games under the label Storm and was renamed SC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes a part of northern Finland). In English usage, Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for Nordic countries. Iceland and the Faroe Islands are sometimes included in Scandinavia for their Ethnolinguistics, ethnolinguistic relations with Sweden, Norway and Denmark. While Finland differs from other Nordic countries in this respect, some authors call it Scandinavian due to its economic and cultural similarities. The geography of the region is varied, from the Norwegian fjords in the west and Scandinavian mountains covering parts of Norway and Sweden, to the low and flat areas of Denmark in the south, as well as archipelagos and lakes in the east. Most of the population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
