Deca Games
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
| Revenue |  €156.05 million[1] (2022) |
Number of employees | 814[1] (2022) |
| Parent | Embracer Group (2020–present) |
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| Website | decagames |
Deca Games, stylized as DECA, is a game publisher and developer of video games that is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The company's primary focus is on acquiring and operating older free-to-play games as a service. They are the current owners and developers of the massively multiplayer online shooter Realm of the Mad God.[2][3] The company has also acquired a number of free-to-play mobile games, including DragonVale and multiple titles from Japanese publisher GREE (including Crime City, Knights and Dragons, Modern War and Kingdom Age).[4][5]
In August 2020, the company was acquired by Embracer Group, which made it as the sixth major operative group in the company to focus on free-to-play mobile games.[6]
Beginning in 2024, Deca began the process of taking over development of Star Trek Online from Cryptic Studios, with several Cryptic Studios personnel transitioning to Deca.
Acquisitions
Deca Games acquired mobile games Crime City, Kingdom Age, Knights and Dragons, and Modern War from Japanese publisher GREE on October 17, 2019.[5]
Deca Games acquired DragonVale from Hasbro, who closed down the game's developer Backflip Studios at the end of 2019, on March 17, 2020.[7]
On February 21, 2023, Deca Games acquired the rights to various games developed by Next Games, including The Walking Dead: No Man's Land, due to Next Games' acquisition by Netflix.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Embracer Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2021-2022" (PDF).
- ^ "One company's cast-off can be Deca Games' treasure". GamesIndustry.biz. October 28, 2019.
- ^ "Kabam vet leads Deca Games' charge into live operations for old games". August 17, 2017.
- ^ McAloon, Alissa (March 17, 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". www.gamasutra.com.
- ^ a b Jordan, Jon (October 17, 2019). "Deca Games plays F2P's long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE". pocketgamer.biz.
- ^ Romano, Sal (August 13, 2020). "Embracer Group acquires 4A Games, DECA Games, New World Interactive, Palindrome Interactive, Pow Wow Entertainment, Rare Earth Games, Sola Media, and Vermila Studios". Gematsu.
- ^ McAloon, Alissa (March 17, 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ "What's Happening to No Man's Land?". DECA Games. February 21, 2023.