Focus Entertainment

Focus Home Interactive was founded in 1996 in Paris. Initially a distributor of software, the company shifted its focus to video game publishing around 2000. During the 2000s it established itself as a publisher of PC and console games, releasing titles and series such as Runaway, TrackMania, Cycling Manager, and Cossacks, while later publishing internationally successful franchises including Farming Simulator.^[3]

In June 2010, Focus acquired the Cities XL franchise from the bankrupt developer Monte Cristo.^[4] In 2012, the company began publishing games developed by Giants Software, further strengthening its position in the simuation genre.^[5] CEO Cédric Lagarrigue, who had led the company for two decades, departed in 2018.^[6]

Beginning in 2020, Focus pursued a strategy of expansion through acquisitions, purchasing several development studios including Deck13,^[7] Streum On Studio,^[8] Dotemu,^[9] Douze Dixièmes,^[10] Leikir Studio,^[11] BlackMill Games,^[12] and Dovetail Games.^[13] These acquisitions transformed the company from primarily a publisher into a group with substantial internal development capabilities.^[3]

On 6 September 2021, Focus Home Interactive was renamed Focus Entertainment to reflect its broader activities in the video game industry.^[14][3] In 2024, the company underwent a major corporate reorganization and adopted the name PulluP Entertainment. Under the new structure, Focus Entertainment Publishing continued as the group’s publishing subsidiary while the parent company assumed a holding and support role for its publishing and development businesses.^[15][16][3]