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FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT: FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT becomes PULLUP ENTERTAINMENT on 1 April 2024

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PARIS, FRANCE – 28 February 2024 - FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT (FR0012419307 - ALFOC) is changing its name to PULLUP ENTERTAINMENT effective from 1 April 2024 and implementing a new organisation structure to support the Group’s ambitions.

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  • PARIS, FRANCE – 28 February 2024 - FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT (FR0012419307 - ALFOC) is changing its name to PULLUP ENTERTAINMENT effective from 1 April 2024 and implementing a new organisation structure to support the Group’s ambitions.
  • The Company's shareholders today voted in favour of changing the company name from FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT to PULLUP ENTERTAINMENT effective from 1 April 2024.
  • A NEW ORGANISATION STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF PULLUP ENTERTAINMENT, EFFECTIVE FROM 1 APRIL
    On 2 January, Geoffroy Sardin, with 25 years of experience at Ubisoft Entertainment, took up the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer for all the business activities of the PULLUP ENTERTAINMENT Group.
  • Published by FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT, the highly anticipated Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 [5] , a cult license of Games Workshop, will be released on 9 September 2024.

FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT: FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT 2023/24 third-quarter revenue of €43.3 million 9M revenue came to €128.3 million, down 9% YoY

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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2023/24 third-quarter revenue came to €43.3 million, down 43%, as anticipated and announced by the Group during the publication of the half-year results.

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  • 2023/24 third-quarter revenue came to €43.3 million, down 43%, as anticipated and announced by the Group during the publication of the half-year results.
  • Revenue for the quarter includes for the first time the activity of the newly formed audiovisual production platform Scripteam.
  • Like-for-like revenue, excluding the contributions of Dovetail and Scripteam, was €35.1 million.
  • 84% of the Group’s sales were made via digital partners, with international sales accounting for 95% of the Group’s total revenue in the third quarter.

FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT: Announces, at the Game Awards, the release date of WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 on September 9th, 2024 - A new impactful trailer for Banishers : Ghosts of New Eden

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Thursday, December 21, 2023
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FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT: Announces, at the Game Awards, the release date of WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 on September 9th, 2024 - A new impactful trailer for Banishers : Ghosts of New Eden

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  • FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT: Announces, at the Game Awards, the release date of WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 on September 9th, 2024 - A new impactful trailer for Banishers : Ghosts of New Eden
    Dissemination of a French Regulatory News, transmitted by EQS Group.
  • Developed by Saber Interactive, renowned for their blockbuster co-op shooter World War Z, and published by Focus Entertainment, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 promises an immersive and action-packed experience.
  • During The Game Awards, Focus Entertainment and DON’T NOD unveil an ambitious new trailer for Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden.
  • The game will be launched on February 13th for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, pre-orders are now open on all platforms.

FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT: H1 2023/2024 results : strong growth in revenue and lower profitability

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
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In addition, the successful launch of Train Sim World 4, by the Dovetail Games group (98% owned by Focus since April 2023), showed the benefit of capitalising on strong franchises to generate recurring revenue, a long-term strategy of FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT.

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  • In addition, the successful launch of Train Sim World 4, by the Dovetail Games group (98% owned by Focus since April 2023), showed the benefit of capitalising on strong franchises to generate recurring revenue, a long-term strategy of FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT.
  • Excluding the contribution from Dovetail Games and from the other acquisition in the second half of 2022, like-for-like revenue was €72.5 million.
  • EBITA was -€1.5 million, down sharply compared with the first half of the previous year (€10.9 million).
  • FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT intends to release a game of the highest quality that exceeds the expectations of the franchise's countless fans.

Saber Interactive Teams with NFLPA to Bring ‘Wild Card Football’ to Consoles & PC on October 10 Featuring Hundreds of Pro Football Superstars

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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Wild Card Football does just that by putting you in the cleats of your favorite pro players and ratcheting up the intensity with awesome new gameplay elements,” said Tim Willits, Chief Creative Officer at Saber Interactive.

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  • Wild Card Football does just that by putting you in the cleats of your favorite pro players and ratcheting up the intensity with awesome new gameplay elements,” said Tim Willits, Chief Creative Officer at Saber Interactive.
  • “Our collaboration with the NFLPA and OneTeam has been instrumental in bringing our vision to life.
  • True to Playgrounds series tradition, Wild Card Football mixes extreme, 7-on-7 pigskin action with bombastic moves, style and energy.
  • Wild Card Football will be available Oct. 10, 2023, for PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.

GCORE THWARTS COLOSSAL DDOS ATTACK ON GAMING COMPANY

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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LUXEMBOURG, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gcore — a European provider of high-performance, low-latency, international cloud, and edge solutions — has revealed that it foiled a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack launched against a popular European gaming company. Attackers initially targeted the company's application layer, most likely through a network of botnets or amplification techniques, before switching tactics and using a DDoS attack of 500 million packets per second (PPS) with a total capacity of more than 800 gigabits per second (Gbps).

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  • LUXEMBOURG, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gcore — a European provider of high-performance, low-latency, international cloud, and edge solutions — has revealed that it foiled a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack launched against a popular European gaming company.
  • Andre Reitenbach, CEO of Gcore, commented: "By disrupting online gaming services, DDoS attacks can frustrate players and cause huge reputational harm to gaming companies.
  • Gcore was able to stop the attack thanks to its distributed infrastructure and its peering partners that enable the company to spread traffic across multiple locations, thereby reducing the impact of DDoS attacks.
  • Additionally, gaming companies can work with their internet service provider and web protection partner to identify and block malicious traffic and improve DDoS resilience."

GCORE THWARTS COLOSSAL DDOS ATTACK ON GAMING COMPANY

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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LUXEMBOURG, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gcore — a European provider of high-performance, low-latency, international cloud, and edge solutions — has revealed that it foiled a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack launched against a popular European gaming company. Attackers initially targeted the company's application layer, most likely through a network of botnets or amplification techniques, before switching tactics and using a DDoS attack of 500 million packets per second (PPS) with a total capacity of more than 800 gigabits per second (Gbps).

Key Points: 
  • LUXEMBOURG, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gcore — a European provider of high-performance, low-latency, international cloud, and edge solutions — has revealed that it foiled a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack launched against a popular European gaming company.
  • Andre Reitenbach, CEO of Gcore, commented: "By disrupting online gaming services, DDoS attacks can frustrate players and cause huge reputational harm to gaming companies.
  • Gcore was able to stop the attack thanks to its distributed infrastructure and its peering partners that enable the company to spread traffic across multiple locations, thereby reducing the impact of DDoS attacks.
  • Additionally, gaming companies can work with their internet service provider and web protection partner to identify and block malicious traffic and improve DDoS resilience."

Invitation to the webcast of Embracer Group's Annual General Meeting including selected deep dive information

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Friday, September 16, 2022
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KARLSTAD, Sweden, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --You are hereby invited to the webcast in connection with the Embracer Group Annual General Meeting on September 21, 2022.

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  • KARLSTAD, Sweden, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --You are hereby invited to the webcast in connection with the Embracer Group Annual General Meeting on September 21, 2022.
  • At the webcast, the annual operations overview will be supplemented by selected deep dives sections and a presentation of selected parts from Operative Group Gearbox Entertainment by CEO and founder Randy Pitchford.
  • The presentation will also feature Head of Asmodee Research Mikael Le Bourhis, and Asmodee's Chief Human Resources Officer Cdric Durth.
  • The whole Annual General Meeting will be broadcast by webcast.

Greenberg Traurig Represents Tripwire Interactive in Acquisition

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Monday, August 29, 2022
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ATLANTA, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- David I. Schulman, co-chair of the Video Games and Esports Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, led the firm's team representing Tripwire Interactive (Tripwire) in its acquisition by Embracer Group AB (Embracer). Embracer, through its wholly owned subsidiary Saber Interactive, entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the ownership interest of Tripwire. Financial terms of the transaction, which was signed Aug. 18, were not disclosed.

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  • David I. Schulman, co-chair of the Video Games and Esports Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, led the firm's team representing Tripwire Interactive (Tripwire) in its acquisition by Embracer Group AB (Embracer).
  • ATLANTA, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- David I. Schulman , co-chair of the Video Games and Esports Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, led the firm's team representing Tripwire Interactive (Tripwire) in its acquisition by Embracer Group AB (Embracer).
  • Embracer, through its wholly owned subsidiary Saber Interactive, entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the ownership interest of Tripwire.
  • About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2500 attorneys in 43 locations in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.

Financial impact from acquisitions is estimated to contribute SEK 550-750 million in pro forma adjusted EBIT FY 22/23, SEK 750-950 million FY 23/24 and SEK 1.0-1.5 billion FY 24/25

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Thursday, August 18, 2022
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The Transactions further strengthen and diversify Embracer's portfolio with profitable IPs & franchises and increase Embracer's high margin licensing from external partners.

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  • The Transactions further strengthen and diversify Embracer's portfolio with profitable IPs & franchises and increase Embracer's high margin licensing from external partners.
  • The likely total consideration for the acquired businesses amounts to SEK 8.2 billion.
  • It is encouraging that our group has become a natural and preferred buyer of creative, growing and profitable companies within Gaming and Entertainment.
  • On an aggregated basis the Transactions will have a material impact on Embracer and fulfill financial and strategic objectives.