Buyer for a video game developer in Europe

• Revenue: 2-20 million EUR
• Employees: Not a decisive factor
• Location of the target: Europe
• Reason for acquisition: The company is a video game developer that wants to grow in Europe. The group’s strategy is to grow its operations via acquisitions, therefore the management is open to speaking to interested sellers
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The buyer is an international game developer that creates, engineers, tests and supports gaming products to clients worldwide. The group has more than 40 offices positioned in Europe, North and South America and Asia. With more than 15 game platforms and special services provided in more than 50 languages, it has a global reach, reaching a wide network of blue-chip client bases and multi-national games publishers. The buyer company has a tradition of acquiring other companies in order to grow and to develop new products and services. The organization is now interested in making another acquisition of a company that is able to bring embedded technical services, co-development and content management systems that can be integrated into the current structure. This will help the group to deliver new solutions and to respond better to the increasing needs of the market.

The buyer company, with more than 20 years of experience, is a leading service provider and consolidator for the video gaming market for which it delivers fully integrated creative and technical services globally. It works for some of the largest multi-national games publishers and developers and wants to extend the existing services lines in order to come closer to the clients’ needs. The company’s expertise in providing outsourced solutions to the video games sector is also appreciated in other neighboring industries such as television or film production. The customers’ need for collaboration with fewer large suppliers positions this group to become a strategic partner to its clients due to the diverse and high-quality services lines, market penetration and geographic reach.

The company is active in providing leading capabilities in services that video game creators need, it became the external or co-development partner that provides dedicated outsourced or embedded services such as art services, engineering, audio services, testing, localization, and customer support. Referring to art services, the company is recognized for its outstanding design and production services, tailored solutions for visual effects, environments, cinematics, UI/ UX design, and animation. The engineering team can work with the client’s development team or can take the whole project to complete realization. It has experience working with all major game engines, tools, and platforms such as console, mobile, web, Windows, macOS, Linux and provides services such as co-development/porting/remastering, user interfaces, optimization, tool development, and visualization. The audio services ensure that custom solutions such as voiceover recording, language voice production, and related services are delivered to fulfill the audio voice needs. Functional testing is necessary to ensure that game defects are discovered and removed so that the product is of the highest quality. Localization services ensure the content is culturally adapted to the region where the game products will be delivered and that it meets the necessary accreditation.

The buyer is looking to acquire a company that operates in video game development and provides services related to the following:

• Art creation
• Engineering
• Audio services
• Functionality evaluation
• Localization
• Customer Support

• The buyer is a global player in the video game industry
• The company delivers customized solutions to game developers
• The company has decided to expand its activities in Europe and is looking to buy another company with similar activities