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Dark Horse Comics has announced the establishment of gaming and digital division Dark Horse Games. Based in Oregon and Shanghai, its mission is to create \u201cunique experiences\u201d through licensing partnerships and its own, in-house titles inspired by Dark Horse Comics\u2019 portfolio of over 425 characters and universes. <\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve spent the past thirty-five years developing a long list of original, fan-favorite IP with many of the best partners in digital entertainment,\u201d said Dark Horse Comics founder and president Mike Richardson in a press release. \u201cNow is the perfect time to expand our vision into gaming. Dark Horse Games gives us exciting new ways to engage with fans of all kinds on a multitude of platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dark Horse Games is currently in discussions with \u201csome of the world\u2019s top gaming studios\u201d to create \u201cAAA licensed titles based on Dark Horse Comics\u2019 vast library,\u201d which will be released over the next several years across multiple platforms, including consoles, PC, mobile, and the cloud.<\/p>\n
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The company\u2019s in-house games, on the other hand, will focus on refreshing older and less established properties as video game properties. It will also produce and release multi media<\/a> projects such as webtoons and anime<\/a> in conjunction with in-house games, and is currently in \u201cactive discussions\u201d with \u201cthe world\u2019s top game co-development studios and content production studios.\u201d The first in-house project is already in production.<\/p>\n
Dark Horse Games general<\/a> manager Johnny B. Lee added, \u201cDark Horse Comics sits at the intersection of consumer entertainment, production and publishing. We\u2019re one of the few companies that own IP nimble enough to execute coordinated strategies across multiple platforms, and that\u2019s a huge advantage in gaming and digital.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n