ProSiebenSat.1 Group Acquires Aeria Games Europe
Unterföhring, February 27, 2014 - The
ProSiebenSat.1 Group is strengthening its games business by
acquiring the online and mobile games publisher Aeria Games Europe
via its subsidiary ProSiebenSat.1 Games. The agreement covers the
company's European headquarter in Berlin, all international game
licenses for PC and certain successful mobile games licenses. The
vendor is Aeria Games Europe's parent company, Aeria Games &
Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S.A., one of the world's leading games
publishers and developers.
The new acquisition triples nearly the company`s games community
from 27 up to 77 million gamers and doubles its portfolio of
licenses from 19 to 39. Following the takeover, ProSiebenSat.1 will
combine the games operations in Berlin. The new Publisher shall be
named SevenGames and publishes its games in 35 countries, amongst
others in the U.S.A., Canada, Brazil and Argentina. The acquisition
of the European subsidiary is subject to approval by the
responsible cartel authorities.
Dr. Christian Wegner, Member of the Executive Board of
ProSiebenSat.1: "The acquisition of Aeria Games Europe
allows us full access to new markets and target groups, making us
one of the top three publishers in Europe in one fell swoop, and
takes us a big step forward in mobile gaming, the sector's largest
growth driver. The transaction is fully in line with our strategy
of strengthening our portfolio of digital assets by making bolt-on
acquisitions."
Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its investment bank, acted
as Financial Advisor to ProSiebenSat.1 on this transaction
About ProSiebenSat.1 Games
ProSiebenSat.1 Games GmbH (PSG) is ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG's
games company. As a leading publisher, PSG focuses on the licensing
and distribution of online and mobile games and acts as a strong
digital distribution partner for the gaming products of premium
partners all over Europe. Since January 2012, PSG has been the
exclusive partner of Sony Online Entertainment in Europe for
several of the US games development studio's online games,
including the major games blockbusters DC Universe™ Online and
PlanetSide® 2. In addition, the company caters to the increasing
number of mobile gamers of all ages, for example with "RAN Real
Boxing by Felix Sturm" and "Heroes War," which entered the iOS
charts at number 2 immediately upon release.
About Aeria Games
Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc. was founded in Silicon
Valley in 2006, and is a part of the AGGP group with approximately
500 employees in its offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, Japan and
Korea. The company's German office in Berlin with 190
employees was originally opened in 2008 as a base from which to tap
into the fast-growing European market.
Contact:
Markus Prosch
Head of Communication Sales & Diversification
Tel. +49 [0]89 95 07-8920
Fax +49 [0]89 95 07-8826
Markus.Prosch@ProSiebenSat1.com
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
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85774 Unterföhring
Germany