These games are Hood: Outlaws & Legends from Sumo Digital and Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground from Gasket Games, two titles released last May whose results did not meet the expectations of the French group. Consequently, the gross margin of Focus Entertainment reached 21.9 million euros over the half-year and represents 26% of turnover, a drop of 5 points compared to last year’s record. As of September 30, 2021, the group’s net cash amounted to €5.6 million.
Focus Entertainment also indicates that it has increased its investments in game development. These represent 19.5 million euros between April and September 2021, compared to 17.3 million euros in the same half-year a year earlier. Acquired on September 30 for the sum of 53.5 million euros, Dotemu did not contribute to the results for the half-year. Contributions from the retro label are expected at the turn of 2022 with releases of Windjammers 2, Pharaoh: A New Era, Metal Slug Tactics and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.
Focus Entertainment’s other prospects include strong titles such as A Plague Tale: Requiem, Evil West, a co-production with Dontnod which could be the sequel to Vampyr, as well as Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 by Saber Interactive, a notable announcement at the Game Awards including the trailer has over 8 million views.
Focus Entertainment, which achieved 88% of its download sales and 6% of its sales in France during this semester, will publish its annual report on June 24, 2022 with the objective of an annual turnover of between 120 and 150 million euros. euros.