Focus Entertainment: One Week After Its Release, a Plague Tale: Requiem Has Reached More Than One Million Players Worldwide
November 02 2022 - 1:00PM
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FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT (FR0012419307 - ALFOC)
(Paris:ALFOC) and Asobo Studio are pleased to
announce that A Plague Tale: Requiem gathered more than one million
players worldwide, a week after its release.
Available since October 18th on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series
(including Game Pass), PC and on the Nintendo Switch cloud service,
the sequel to Hugo and Amicia's adventures passes a symbolic
milestone, supported by critical acclaim from both the press (84%
Opencritics) and players (90% Steam User Score).
"We are thrilled to see so many gamers remain loyal to this
franchise that is beginning to make a name for itself in the gaming
world.” said John Bert, Managing Director of Focus Entertainment.
“We are extremely proud of our partner Asobo Studio and its teams
for once again demonstrating their talent and expertise in
delivering compelling and original experiences that will resonate
with the everyone."
After the success of A Plague Tale: Innocence, reaching the one
million player mark for Requiem is a strong symbol for us.” said
David Dedeine, Creative Director and co-founder of Asobo Studio.
“It validates all the energy, talent and passion deployed by our
teams and partners, as well as our studio's perpetual quest for
quality. It also confirms our ability to create authentic worlds
that resonate with the public. We would like to take this
opportunity to salute all those who have made this adventure
possible, including of course our partner Focus Entertainment.
Finally, we would like to warmly thank the players for all that
they have shown us, which not only touches us but also allows us to
continue doing what drives us as a team: offering original
experiences, rich in emotions and innovation.
About Focus Entertainment
FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT is one of Europe’s leading video game
publishers and developers. Its vocation is to support leading
international studios in the development, production monitoring,
marketing, sales and financing of their projects. As a publisher of
strong brands such as The Surge, Vampyr, and A Plague Tale:
Innocence, the Group generated revenues of €142,6 million in
2021/22. FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT generates 95% of its sales
internationally. For additional information, visit
www.focusent.com
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About Asobo Studio
Asobo Studio is a French video game development company based in
Bordeaux, France, founded in 2002.
The studio has developed 26 video games so far for both
consoles and PC – among which Microsoft Flight Simulator
(released Aug. 2020 – 91% Metacritic – 2 million simmers to
date, winner of the best sim awards of both the 2021 Dice
Awards and the 2020 Game Awards), and the multi award-winning
adventure A Plague Tale: Innocence (+1M copies sold, 2019
outstanding story-rich game Steam Award, 93% Steam user
reviews).
Asobo Studio includes some of the most prestigious worldwide
publishers among its partners such as Disney•Pixar, Codemasters,
Ubisoft, Microsoft, Focus Home Interactive.
Today, the studio employs about 260 full-time developers who are
currently working on Microsoft Flight Simulator live
experience, on XR and B2B projects through its
dedicated division Holoforge, and A Plague Tale: Requiem,
the new instalment in the acclaimed narrative action-adventure
franchise, released Oct 18th 2022 on PC and Consoles, in
partnership with Focus Entertainment (85% Metacritic, 84%
OpenCritic).
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