Company:DECA Games

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Short description: German video game company
Deca Games
IndustryVideo games
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
RevenueIncrease 156.05 million [1] (2022)
Number of employees
814[1] (2022)
ParentEmbracer Group
Subsidiaries
  • A Thinking Ape
  • Crazy Labs
  • Cryptic Studios
  • Firescore
  • IUGO Mobile Entertainment
  • Jufeng Studio
Websitedecagames.com

DECA Games 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 Backflip Studios, which closed at the end of 2019, on March 17, 2020.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Embracer Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2021-2022". https://embracer.com/year-in-brief-22/assets/pdf/Embracer-Annual-Report-and-Sustainability-Report-2022_EN.pdf. 
  2. "One company's cast-off can be Deca Games' treasure". 28 October 2019. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-28-one-companys-cast-off-can-be-deca-games-treasure. 
  3. "Kabam vet leads Deca Games' charge into live operations for old games". August 17, 2017. https://venturebeat.com/2017/08/17/deca-games-uses-live-operations-to-breathe-life-into-old-games/. 
  4. McAloon, Alissa (17 March 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/359705/Deca_Games_acquires_DragonVale_following_Backflip_Studios_closure.php. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Jordan, Jon; Editor, Contributing (17 October 2019). "Deca Games plays F2P's long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE". https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/news/71804/deca-games-f2p-long-tail-buying-one-time-hits-gree/. 
  6. 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". https://www.gematsu.com/2020/08/embracer-group-acquires-4a-games-deca-games-new-world-interactive-palindrome-interactive-pow-wow-entertainment-sola-media-rare-earth-games-and-vermila-studios. 
  7. McAloon, Alissa (17 March 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure" (in en). https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/359705/Deca_Games_acquires_DragonVale_following_Backflip_Studios_closure.php.