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]
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.