D&D General Embracer Group buys Asmodee, Darkhorse, and Perfect World

[overgeeked]

Minor clarification - Dark Horse is a creator-owned comic company, so, IIRC, Mike Mignola owns Hellboy, not Dark Horse. Theoretically, if Dark Horse treated Mike badly, Mike could take his ball and go to IDW or Image or whoever, depending on the terms of the contract. It's like saying Dark Horse owns Berserk - they publish the English version of it, but they don't own it.

Mostly creator owned. Their other major publishing arm is licensed stuff. But they do have some original IPs that Dark Horse owns outright.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Embracer is a video game company. I'm willing to bet they'll start developing a L5R video game almost immediately.

The flip side is I can see then turning some if their Video Game IPs into TTRPG games.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Mostly creator owned. Their other major publishing arm is licensed stuff. But they do have some original IPs that Dark Horse owns outright.

Like what IPs do they own out right?

 

[overgeeked]

The flip side is I can see then turning some if their Video Game IPs into TTRPG games.

That's funny. FFG all but discontinues their RPG division...only to be bought out by a video game company...so they can publish RPGs.

Like what IPs do they own out right?

Off the top of my head...

The Mask - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

and

Comics' Greatest World - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

and

Timecop - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

and

Barb Wire - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I'm sure there's a few more. But yeah, it's not many.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

That's funny. FFG all but discontinues their RPG division...only to be bought out by a video game company...so they can publish RPGs.

Off the top of my head...

The Mask - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

and

Comics' Greatest World - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

and

Timecop - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I'm sure there's a few more. But yeah, it's not many.

Cool, Barbed Wire, the Pamela Anderson movie is one of their Properties.

And the Mask.

 

[humble minion]

The own the Dust Tactics IP as far as i remember. There was never an RPG to the best of my knowledge, but it had a bit of a niche for a while there, WWII-era dieselpunk with mecha and cthulhiana. It's not an A+ media property by even the longest stretch of the imagination, but if they want to hive off an IP to make a quick mobile game or something, then WWII-adjacent stuff is always a safe option.

 

[Mistwell]

TFAW is what...the third largest comics retailer in the US.

With three stores they're the third largest?

 

[overgeeked]

With three stores they're the third largest?

Shrug.

Four stores. It’s an odd thing to brag about, but apparently, yes...

About Us

www.tfaw.com

Overview :: Company :: Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics is the third-largest comics publisher in the U.S., known for such titles as Aliens and Hellboy.

www.darkhorse.com

VP Andrew McIntire Let Go at Things From Another World

Oregon-based comic book retailer chain and online store Things From Another World, just let go their Vice President Andrew McIntire.

bleedingcool.com

It’s likely the Los Angeles, CA store combined with the website that makes them so big.

 

[Mistwell]

Shrug.

Four stores. It’s an odd thing to brag about, but apparently, yes...

About Us

www.tfaw.com

Overview :: Company :: Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics is the third-largest comics publisher in the U.S., known for such titles as Aliens and Hellboy.

www.darkhorse.com

VP Andrew McIntire Let Go at Things From Another World

Oregon-based comic book retailer chain and online store Things From Another World, just let go their Vice President Andrew McIntire.

bleedingcool.com

It’s likely the Los Angeles, CA store combined with the website that makes them so big.

I've been to the Universal Studios store many many times. It's kind of a ghost town from Covid and has been for 18 months now. My local podunk comics shop has about as much activity. The issue is it's at Universal Studios, and that was shut down for a long time and has complex Covid rules now to get in.

 

[overgeeked]

I've been to the Universal Studios store many many times. It's kind of a ghost town from Covid and has been for 18 months now. My local podunk comics shop has about as much activity. The issue is it's at Universal Studios, and that was shut down for a long time and has complex Covid rules now to get in.

Okay. I’m not making a claim. I’m reporting their claim and speculating what might make it so.