The story
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.
In June 2010, Focus acquired the Cities XL franchise from the bankrupt developer Monte Cristo. In 2012, the company began publishing games developed by Giants Software, further strengthening its position in the simuation genre. CEO Cédric Lagarrigue, who had led the company for two decades, departed in 2018.
Beginning in 2020, Focus pursued a strategy of expansion through acquisitions, purchasing several development studios including Deck13, Streum On Studio, Dotemu, Douze Dixièmes, Leikir Studio, BlackMill Games, and Dovetail Games. These acquisitions transformed the company from primarily a publisher into a group with substantial internal development capabilities.
On 6 September 2021, Focus Home Interactive was renamed Focus Entertainment to reflect its broader activities in the video game industry. 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.
From Wikipedia’s article on Focus Entertainment, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5