The new name is pronounced as “play on”. According to the management of the media publisher, it reflects the essence of a company that deals with both movies and games.

The opening ceremony of Summer Game Fest was held yesterday. At it, Koch Media, a subsidiary of the Embracer Group, presented a publishing label — Prime Matter. However, neither the launch of a new publisher nor the announcement of its games impressed investors.

Koch Media, a subsidiary of Embracer Group, decided to support the Payday 3 shooter. She has already signed a deal with Swedish Starbreeze and promised to allocate approximately €50 million for the game.

The European Commission considered that Valve’s actions to link games to regions violate the antitrust legislation of the European Union. Together with her, five other publishers were fined for a total of almost €8 million. Valve plans to challenge the injunction.The fine was imposed based on the results of an investigation that began seven years ago.

The Encased role-playing game, developed by the St. Petersburg studio Dark Crystal Games, has enlisted the support of the publisher Koch Media. Thanks to this, the project, which draws inspiration from the first two Fallout, will also receive a release on consoles.The partnership with Koch Media will allow Dark Crystal Games to release the final version of Encased next year simultaneously on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

The Polish studio Flying Wild Hog, known for developing the latest installments of the Shadow Warrior franchise, has become part of the Embracer Group holding. The transaction amount was $137.2 million.Shadow Warrior 3

Embracer Group continues to buy studios. Today, the Swedish holding company announced the acquisition of the Dutch developer of VR games Vertigo Games. The transaction amount was €50 million.The purchase was made through a subsidiary of Koch Media.

Yesterday it became known that 1C Entertainment will release King’s Bounty II in partnership with Koch Media. We asked Nikolai Baryshnikov to comment on the decision to publish the long-awaited project not on his own.

Embracer Group‘s second deal of the day. After the news of the acquisition of Saber Interactive, it became known that the Swedish gaming conglomerate today also agreed to purchase Voxler Studio, which develops karaoke for consoles.

The European Commission suspected Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax of violating EU antitrust laws. If suspicions are confirmed, gaming companies will be heavily fined.

The Russian video game publisher, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019, has begun expansion into foreign markets. Buka has announced that it will distribute domestic projects abroad.

The publisher also published a financial report for the fourth quarter of 2018 and for the whole year.

THQ Nordic, buying up asset after asset, did not lose. In the third quarter of 2018, the publisher’s net sales increased by 1403% year-on-year and amounted to $139.8 million.

The Austrian corporation THQ Nordic has acquired the German media publisher Koch Media, which owns the game publisher Deep Silver. The transaction amount amounted to €121 million, according to the company’s press release.

January 29, British Retro Games Ltd. Together with the German gaming distributor Koch Media has resumed active promotion of the THEC64 Mini — a miniature version of the Commodore 64 home computer.

The British developer and publisher Codemasters has changed partners. If earlier the company’s games were published by the Japanese Bandai Namco, then the Germans from Koch Media will already be responsible for next year’s line.