If A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo) and Evil West (Flying Wild Hog) will be the two biggest releases in the 2022 Focus catalog, along with treats from its subsidiary Dotemu (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Pharaoh) : A New Era, Metal Slug Tactics), the French publisher has revealed that an ambitious game from its German studio Deck13 (The Surge) and a game from our Tindalos Interactive is based on an iconic film series, I was told. Founded in 2010, Tindalos Interactive is already familiar with Focus, having released strategy games Etherium (2015), Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (2016) and Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 (2019).
First mentioned, these two games join the recently announced partnership with Dream Powered Games (Warstride Challenges), Rundisc (Sennaar’s Anthem), Two Horizons (Hotel Renovator) and Ready”Immersive and benevolent experience”, according to a press release last month. However, the publisher did not disclose a release window for its co-production with Dontnod, which will succeed Vampyr (2 million copies sold).
Focus Entertainment will communicate more about its projects in development when it releases its annual results on June 16, 2022. Meanwhile, Fox’s annual turnover fell by 16 percent to 142.6 million euros, compared with 171 million euros the previous year. France accounted for 5% of this turnover, 88% of which came from download platforms. SnowRunner, Insurgency: Sandstorm, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Necromunda: Hired Gun and Aliens: Fireteam Elite are mentioned among the main contributors.
After acquiring Deck13 in 2020, Focus has tripled in 2021 with the acquisitions of Streum On, Dotemu and Douze-Dixièmes studios. In early 2022, Leikir becomes the publisher’s fifth studio.