DECA Games

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. ^ a b "Embracer Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2021-2022" (PDF).
  2. ^ "One company's cast-off can be Deca Games' treasure". GamesIndustry.biz. 28 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Kabam vet leads Deca Games' charge into live operations for old games". August 17, 2017.
  4. ^ McAloon, Alissa (17 March 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". www.gamasutra.com.
  5. ^ a b Jordan, Jon; Editor, Contributing (17 October 2019). "Deca Games plays F2P's long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE". pocketgamer.biz. {cite web}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  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". Gematsu.
  7. ^ McAloon, Alissa (17 March 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved 2021-05-15.