Seven independent studios team up to form the interactive Kepler publisher

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Seven independent studios from all over the world have announced that they have joined forces to create Kepler Interactive, a brand new world publisher. Supported by a fundraising of more than 100 million euros, the group consists of A44 studios (New Zealand), Alpha Channel (Canada), EBB Software (Serbia), Shapefarm (Japan), Timberline (United States ), Sloclap (France) and Awaceb (France).

According to the statement, Kepler Interactive is based on a unique model in which the founders of the studios become shareholders of the group, which allows them to remain connected to the strategic decisions. This model creates an ideal environment offering operational and financial support, which is usually only accessible only studios belonging to large groups, while preserving a total creative independence , we are told. At the head of Kepler Interactive, however, is not the patterns of studios but the French Alexis Garavaryan, already founder and leader of the Kowloon Nights Investment Fund, who also experienced strategic positions at Tencent, Xbox and Ubisoft.

Too bad to embraces and other Tencent, but the seven founding studios of Kepler Interactive are no longer on the market since they are now part of their own publishing structure, which includes marketing, business partnerships but also sharing the sharing of knowledge and technologies between studios. Kepler Interactive operations will be controlled since the two seats in London and Singapore.

The seven studios of Kepler Interactive

Kepler Interactive is a team of more than 250 employees in 10 countries, including 75 in France, all working on original creations. The expected outputs for 2022 include titles like Sifu of Sloclap, Scorn of EBB Software, TCHIA of AWACEB, Tankhead of Alpha Channel but also the next title A44 ( Ashen ) that will be revealed very soon, we are told. Beyond 2022, Kepler Interactive already intends to extend its growth by welcoming more partner studios and adapting its licenses in other formats such as movies and series.