Thunderful Group acquires To The Sky and Tussilago
Thunderful Group today announces the acquisition of game developer To The Sky. The newly set up studio is composed by several industry veterans and led by Jugo Mirkovic, who most recently worked at Electronic Arts. To The Sky is based in Gothenburg and is working on an unannounced title. Thunderful Group has acquired 91% of the shares for an initial symbolic fee, whereas the remaining shares come with a call and put option based on the profitability of the studio’s first title. Thunderful Group expects to invest more than 5 MUSD in the game project.
"It feels wonderful to start working with such a strong gaming industry partner," says Jugo Mirkovic, CEO of To The Sky. "We have an experienced and proven team, and with Thunderful we can concentrate on the task at hand."
"When Jugo shared his vision for the studio and their first project, we were immediately interested in partnering up. It will be very exciting to follow To The Sky in the future," says Brjann Sigurgeirsson, CEO of Thunderful Group.
Thunderful Group today also announces the acquisition of the film studio Tussilago AB, which took place on May 31 this year in a transaction of 1 MSEK. Tussilago comes from many years of film and TV production, and has an established relationship with Thunderful. Tussilago will be reported in the Thunderful Games segment.
"In a world where film and games converge, this combination feels like a no-brainer," says Robert Danielsson, founder and CEO of Tussilago. "Working with one of Sweden's most creative game studios on concepts that can work both as games and films feels quite exciting."
Tussilago has produced award-winning films for the national and international market since 2001.
"Tussilago is an important part of our ongoing growth strategy. Robert and his team will help us create even better games and will pave the way for our IPs also outside the gaming industry,” says Brjann Sigurgeirsson, CEO of Thunderful Group.
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