Dotemu is a French video game developer and publisher, best known for porting various classic titles to modern systems as well working with high-profile companies such as Capcom, SNK, SEGA, Square-Enix, Koei Tecmo and Marvel.
History[]
Dotemu was founded by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand in 2007. The company's offices are located in Paris.
In April 2010, Dotemu launched a digital distribution service that would sell games without digital rights management, similarly to Good Old Games; this online store lasted for roughly 7 years and closed June 1st 2017. The company cited tough market competition and their focus shifting towards game development rather than game distribution.
In September 2015, Liard and Tisserand sold Dotemu to an unnamed private investor, in order to found a new video game publisher, Playdigious (which would later publish Dotemu’s games on mobile platforms). In October 2014, Cyrille Imbert was appointed as Dotemu's chief executive officer. In March 2018, Dotemu announced the creation of The Arcade Crew, a publishing label that would support small and independent development teams.
In August 2021, Dotemu was acquired by Focus Home Interactive (now Focus Entertainment).