Focus Home Interactive Acquires Leikir Studio
February 14, 2022
Focus Home Interactive has acquired Leikir Studio, a Paris-area (Ivry-sur-Seine) game developer of around twenty people, making it the fifth studio integrated into the Focus group. The acquisition expands Focus's production lines and technical capabilities (stylized 3D, pixel-art and 2D) and positions Dotemu (a Focus subsidiary) to publish Leikir's work on Metal Slug Tactics; Leikir's founder Aurélien Loos will join Focus as Senior Consultant.
- Buyers
- Focus Home Interactive
- Targets
- Leikir Studio
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- Île-de-France, France
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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