Asmodee Entertainment is the division of leading international games publisher and distributor Asmodee responsible for bringing the company’s diverse portfolio of brands into all categories across entertainment and media.
Asmodee Entertainment works with world-class partners to extend Asmodee’s leading intellectual properties into film and television, publishing, interactive games, location based-entertainment and consumer products, creating truly global brands by establishing best-in-class partnerships across the full spectrum of opportunities.
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Asmodee Group is a leading international games publisher and distributor headquartered in France, with 18 game development studios and 17 distribution centres distributing Asmodee’s own range of games as well as those of many other leading publishers to over 50 countries worldwide.
Asmodee’s portfolio includes such iconic titles as CATAN, Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, Dead of Winter, Splendor, KeyForge, Dobble/Spot it!, Star Wars: X-Wing and many more, catering to an audience for whom gaming is both entertainment and a lifestyle. Asmodee’s numerous exciting intellectual properties are found on two key principles: great games and amazing stories.
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Asmodee Entertainment is excited to announce that The Art of the Android Universe, Asmodee’s third art book in collaboration with Dark Horse Books and Fantasy Flight Games Studio, is planned to release at local bookstores and comic shops on November 24th.
Wilmington, DE/Nottingham, UK. Rollacrit and Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce they have entered a licensing partnership to further extend CATAN as a lifestyle brand, with a range of artfully designed apparel, accessories, collectibles and homewares aimed at dedicated and casual CATAN fans alike. The partnership is the latest announced by Asmodee Entertainment in a significant increase in CATAN’s prominence in the merchandise landscape.
NOTTINGHAM 21 July 2021 – Panini Comics and Asmodee Italia announce the arrival of two new novels that will enrich and expand the already deep universes of Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs: Legion, two of the most popular and recognized video games developed by Ubisoft. Italian fans of the two titles will be able to explore more of their favourite game worlds thanks to the imminent arrival of these novels, previously published in the USA and UK by Aconyte, the novel division of Asmodee Entertainment.
ICONIC BOARD GAME WEREWOLVES OF MILLERS’ HOLLOW EXTENDED INTO A FEATURE FILM BY FRANCOIS UZAN.
Asmodee Entertainment, part of Asmodee, one of the world leaders in boardgames publishing and distribution, announces that it has entered into an option agreement with prolific French Film & TV production company, Radar Films (Mediawan), to develop a feature film based on one of the best-selling board games of its generation, The Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow.
SD Toys and Asmodee Entertainment have entered a licensing partnership to produce jigsaw puzzles for some of their largest IPs Dobble, Legend of the Five Rings, Terrinoth: Legends, Twilight Imperium, Arkham Horror, and KeyForge. This partnership is an example of Asmodee Entertainment’s push to expand their merchandise partnerships.
Los Angeles, CA/Nottingham, UK. Ata-Boy and Asmodee Entertainment have entered a licensing partnership to bring CATAN to the collectible gift world by developing products such as magnets, pins, and lanyards. This partnership is an example of Asmodee Entertainment’s push to bring lifestyle products to CATAN fans.
Asmodee Entertainment is excited to announce that The Art of Arkham Horror, Asmodee’s second art book in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics and Fantasy Flight Games Studio, is planned to release at local comic shops on June 30th, 2021, and in bookstores and digitally on July 6th, 2021.
Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with FryxGames to create brand new novels set in the world of their acclaimed TERRAFORMING MARS games.
Dark Horse expands the realm of tabletop gaming with art books for the Android, Arkham Horror and KeyForge universes.
Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce a new licensing agreement with Trends International to produce and market a range of CATAN posters, which will be available exclusively from selected online outlets, including Trends’ own ShopTrends.com site and global retailer Amazon.
Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce an agreement with publisher ABLAZE to produce a graphic novel based on Spot It!, the award-winning visual perception game from Asmodee’s Zygomatic games studio. Spot It! (known as Dobble outside North America) is a gaming phenomenon and worldwide bestseller in the family games market.
Aconyte Books are excited to announce our third novel set in Legend of the Five Rings‘ rich fantasy world: The Night Parade of a Hundred Demons by Marie Brennan, releases worldwide in January 2021.
The Asmodee Group is delighted to announce that it is opening up access to its rich catalogue of intellectual properties to many more partners in the interactive games market. Tapping into Asmodee’s diverse portfolio of brands and IPs – from household names such as Dobble/Spot It!, Ticket To Ride and Pandemic to Braintopia, Small World, KeyForge, and immersive heavy-weights like Legend of the Five Rings and Twilight Imperium – this move will see new interactive entertainment titles powered by the global boardgame leader.
Asmodee Entertainment and Welbeck Publishing have announced that their successful puzzle book collaboration is set to continue, with two new titles announced at Brand Licensing Expo in the UK. Puzzle books based on Z-Man Games’s well-known Pandemic boardgame and Zygomatic’s bestselling family game Dobble (known as Spot It! in North America) will join CATAN, Ticket to Ride and Unlock in Welbeck’s range of puzzle books based on Asmodee’s portfolio of leading tabletop game brands.
Aconyte Books have joined forces with Graphic Audio for a radically different audiobook experience, to include a full cast, cinematic music, and sound effects. Six of Aconyte’s acclaimed ARKHAM HORROR novels, three TWILIGHT IMPERIUM titles and three ZOMBICIDE novels will be available in this dramatized adaptation format. The first audio drama, WRATH OF N’KAI by Josh Reynolds, will be released by Graphic Audio on 16th May 2022, to be followed by THE LAST RITUAL by S. A. Sidor later this summer.
Asmodee Entertainment is delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with CMON – Cool Mini or Not for long-time fans – to create brand new novels set in the worlds of their acclaimed ZOMBICIDE range of games.
The timeless world of Catan is waiting for you to explore, build, settle… and solve. The CATAN Puzzle Book is available now!
Since its creation in 1995 by Klaus Teuber, CATAN and its many expansions have sold more than 32 million games around the world, been produced in more than 40 languages and is sold in more than 70 territories. CATAN is a truly global phenomenon.
Asmodee Entertainment is delighted to announce that Christian Dunn has joined the business in the role of Interactive Games Licensing Manager.
Scout Store, a subsidiary of the Scout Association in the United Kingdom, has entered into a licensing partnership with Asmodee to develop a range of licensed Dobbly-as-Scout merchandise based on Zygomatic Studios’ most popular game, Dobble. The partnership also includes the creation of a special Scout version of the Dobble game, which will be developed in parallel by Asmodee.
ASMODEE ENTERTAINMENT are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, have partnered with Atomic Mass Games to publish a new trilogy of Marvel novels inspired by the hit tabletop miniatures game, Crisis Protocol, starting this summer.
Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that their new fiction imprint, Aconyte Books, has agreed a multi-year arrangement with Asmodee Italia to translate their range of novels for the Italian market.
The Ultimate CATAN Video Game Experience for PlayStation and Xbox
Dovetail Games and Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce a partnership to bring CATAN to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
Asmodee Entertainment is delighted to announce that Aconyte, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has licensed its range of all-action novels set in the worlds of Ubisoft’s video games for German translation by noted pop culture publishing house Cross Cult. The deal was concluded by Asmodee Entertainment’s licensing manager, Alexander Thieme.
Artovision and Asmodee Entertainment have entered into a licensing partnership to bring several of Asmodee’s fan-favourite properties to life through Artovision’s innovative range of multi-dimensional art collectibles. Properties featured in the deal will include the omnipresent modern classic boardgame CATAN® along with Fantasy Flight Games’ Arkham Horror, Twilight Imperium, KeyForge and Legend of the Five Rings brands, known for their extensive library of high-quality illustrations.
NOTTINGHAM, UK • 27 AUGUST 2021 — ACONYTE BOOKS, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has appointed Joe Riley as its new, full-time North American Sales & Marketing Director.
FanSets LLC and Asmodee Entertainment have entered a licensing partnership to bring enamel pins of fan-favorite characters from the KeyForge universe – the setting for Fantasy Flight Games’ ground-breaking card game of the same name – to collectors throughout the US, Canada and the UK.
Asmodee Entertainment is excited to announce that The Art of KeyForge, Asmodee’s first art book in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics and Fantasy Flight Games Studio, is available now.
Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with Cephalofair Games to create brand new fantasy novels set in the world of their acclaimed GLOOMHAVEN games.
Aconyte, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, is delighted to announce it has licensed its range of all-action novels set in the worlds of Ubisoft’s video games for French translation by noted pop culture publishing house 404 Editions, an imprint of Editis.
Paris, France/Nottingham, UK. Asmodee Entertainment announces that it has signed a partnership with Mango Éditions for the creation of gamebooks, such as escape games, based on its flagship properties Professor Noside, known from Space Cowboys popular escape game series Unlock!, and Werewolves of Millers Hollow, Zygomatic’s social game phenomenon. The books will be developed in collaboration with EscapeGame.fr.
Building on the successes of 2020, Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce that Etienne Bonnin has joined the team in the role of Senior Manager, Media Development and Licensing. Etienne will be based in Paris and reporting into Darren Kyman, SVP, Business Development for Asmodee Entertainment, which is led by Managing Director, Andy Jones.
Aconyte Books, the novels imprint of global games publisher Asmodee, are delighted to announce the latest fruits of their ongoing relationship with noted German publishing house Cross Cult. In spring 2021, a new strand will be launched in Germany to publish translated editions of Aconyte’s range of adventure novels set in the Marvel Universe.
Asmodee Entertainment is delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has licensed its amazing range of novels for Russian translation and publication by noted pop culture publishing house Hobby World. The deal was concluded by Asmodee Entertainment’s licensing manager, Alexander Thieme.
Fanattik the award-winning gift and collectibles licensee has signed a multi-territory three-year licensing deal with Asmodee Entertainment, one of the biggest board game companies in the world.
The board game Terraforming Mars from FryxGames in Sweden has been a massive success since its original 2016 release. 2018 saw the release of a localized and highly successful Nordic version of the game, translated by the Copenhagen-based agency Character Localization and Publishing. Today Character and Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that work is underway on a Danish translation of the first Terraforming Mars novel, In the Shadow of Deimos, with publication set for later this Autumn.
Asmodee Entertainment is delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, will be the North American publisher of ASSASSIN’S CREED® VALHALLA: GEIRMUND’S SAGA, the tie-in novel to the eagerly awaited Assassin’s Creed Valhalla game coming this November from Ubisoft®.
Following the successful launch of the CATAN – Puzzle Book last year, Welbeck Publishing Group and Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce the upcoming release of two further titles based on some of Asmodee’s best-known gaming brands. This new collaboration will see both Days of Wonder’s Ticket to Ride and Space Cowboy’s Unlock! titles join CATAN in Welbeck’s range of board game-inspired puzzle books.
RBmedia, the largest audiobook producer in the world, today announced an exclusive partnership with international games company Asmodee, through its publishing arm Aconyte Books. Through this multi-year agreement, the company will add audio editions of Aconyte’s tie-in novels to its industry-leading range of science fiction & fantasy books.
Rollacrit and Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce the first collection in their CATAN merchandise partnership has launched! This collection of merchandise features a range of artfully designed apparel and mugs aimed at dedicated and casual CATAN fans alike, and it’s just the beginning. Rollacrit will be releasing a full range of merchandise including more apparel designs, accessories, collectibles, and homewares, available at Rollacrit.com.
Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi‐year agreement with Marvel Entertainment to create new prose stories based around an exciting roster of Marvel’s comic book characters. The first novels are slated to appear in Fall 2020, in trade paperback, ebook and audiobook editions.
New York, NY/Nottingham, UK – Asmodee Entertainment is delighted to announce a brand partnership with independent publisher Ulysses Press to create and release cookbooks based on the internationally popular and best selling board games CATAN® and Ticket to Ride™.
Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the newly announced fiction imprint of global games giant Asmodee, have entered into a distribution agreement with Simon & Schuster for the US and Canadian book trades. The well-known publishing house will handle sales and distribution throughout North America starting with Aconyte’s very first releases, due on shelves in late spring 2020.
Asmodee Entertainment is excited to announce that Arkham Horror Files: The Road to Innsmouth, a digital escape experience from Hourglass Escapes is in development to launch in Q4 of 2022 and a deluxe edition is available for pre-sale now!
ACONYTE BOOKS, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has announced details of its long-planned range of novels inspired by the global bestselling game Pandemic. And just like that game and its spin-offs, the novels foreground highlights scientific cooperation and human ingenuity, as its heroes try to ensure that humanity is protected from future outbreaks.
It’s your chance to solve an unnatural mystery and escape the clutches of Cthulian monsters in the first official Arkham Horror Files escape room, licensed and approved by Asmodee Entertainment and Fantasy Flight Games (the publisher of iconic game titles, Arkham Horror, KeyForge, Legend of the Five Rings, and more).
Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with Plainview Shoes to extend the CATAN® brand to a collection of fashionable footwear coming in 2021.
ASMODEE ENTERTAINMENT are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the fiction imprint of global games group, Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with Ubisoft® to create brand new novels set in the various eras of their Assassin’s Creed® video games. Already announced as Ubisoft’s go-to fiction partner for novels for adult readers for properties like Watch Dogs® and Tom Clancy’s The Division®, Aconyte’s primary mission is to publish untold stories from new or under-explored corners of the game series’ history-spanning timeline, featuring both characters from the games and totally new creations.
Following the successful launch of The CATAN Puzzle Book, Welbeck Publishing Group and Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce that they are expanding this exciting collaboration with further titles based on two more well-known gaming brands from the Asmodee portfolio. This new collaboration will see both Days of Wonder’s Ticket to Ride and Space Cowboy’s Unlock! titles join CATAN in Welbeck’s range of boardgame-inspired puzzle books.
Introducing our second novel set in Legend of the Five Rings‘ rich fantasy world: Poison River by Josh Reynolds, released worldwide in August 2020.
Asmodee Entertainment is pleased to announce an agreement with Just Funky LLC for a range of fan-focused homewares and accessories based on the hugely successful CATAN tabletop gaming brand.
Planeta Cómic, the Spanish comic, graphic novel and manga publishing imprint at Grupo Planeta, is honoured to announce its brand new collection of MARVEL novels, thanks to a deal with Aconyte Books. The first title will be released in June: Target Kree by Stuart Moore.
Richfield, OH/Nottingham, UK. Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce an agreement with Just Funky LLC for a range of fan-focused homewares and accessories based on the hugely successful Arkham Horror tabletop gaming brand.
Building on the successes of 2019, Asmodee Entertainment is delighted to announce that Alexander Thieme has joined the business in the role of Licensing Manager. A twenty-year sales, licensing and marketing veteran of the games industry, Alexander joins Asmodee Entertainment from Games Workshop and will principally be focusing on European licensing opportunities across Asmodee’s many world-class game brands such as Catan, Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, Arkham Horror, Keyforge and Legend of the Five Rings.
Dream Figures has signed a licensing deal with Asmodee Entertainment to produce high-end collectible painted resin statues. Working in Fantasy Flight Games’ popular Arkham Horror, these statues promise to be every bit as cool as the games.
Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has licensed its game-based book series for German translation and publication by noted pop culture publishing house Cross Cult. The deal was concluded by Asmodee Entertainment’s licensing manager, Alexander Thieme.
Asmodee Entertainment are excited to announce that the Legend of the Five Rings fan shop – the first in a multiple-IP partnership with Event Merchandising (EML) Limited – is now open at Shop.LegendOfTheFiveRings.com!
Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has licensed its game-based novel series for French translation and publication in an exclusive partnership with 404 Publishing, an imprint of major publishing house Editis (part of entertainment and communications group Vivendi). The deal was concluded by Asmodee Entertainment’s licensing manager, Alexander Thieme.
Source Point Press, a division of Ox Eye Media, and Asmodee Entertainment have entered a licensing partnership to bring three of the most famous tabletop gaming universes of all time to the pages of comics! The best-selling game worlds of Legend of the Five Rings, Mysterium and Pandemic are slated to make their first comic debuts starting in 2022.
Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games company Asmodee, have entered into a distribution agreement with Simon & Schuster for the UK book trade. The well-known publishing house will handle sales and distribution when the Aconyte list debuts in Britain in October 2020. Aconyte already have an agreement in place for Simon & Schuster USA to handle sales and distribution to the North American book trade. Aconyte’s mission is to create deep tie-in fiction set in the fantasy worlds of Asmodee’s games, and those of other selected partners, including Marvel.
ACONYTE BOOKS, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, is delighted to announce that it has concluded a range-wide deal with Asmodee Korea, the distribution unit for the Korean market, to bring its Arkham Horror range of novels to Korean readers.
Asmodee Entertainment is delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, will be publishing DAY ZERO, the prequel novel to the upcoming Watch Dogs: Legion® game from Ubisoft®.
Singapore/Nottingham, UK. CMON LTD and Asmodee Entertainment have entered into a licensing partnership to bring two of the most famous boardgame universes of all time to the pages of comics!
Aconyte Books have today announced the first two books in a brand-new non-fiction series, Play to Win. This new range of non-fiction titles will focus on the wide world of games and gaming, to entertain, inform and intrigue gamers and an interested general audience alike. The first two titles will launch in Fall 2022.
ASMODEE ENTERTAINMENT are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with Ubisoft® to create brand new novels set in the worlds of some of their most beloved video games. With this agreement, Aconyte will become Ubisoft’s primary publishing partner of novels for adults. In addition to a wide range of new adventures based on existing video games, Aconyte will also be creating tie-ins for select upcoming game releases.
London, UK/Nottingham, UK. Event Merchandising Limited (EML) and Asmodee Entertainment have entered a licensing partnership to bring one-stop-shops for all things merchandise for Fantasy Flight Games Studio’s Arkham Horror, Legend of the Five Rings, and Twilight Imperium to fans in locations around the world. This partnership is an example of Asmodee Entertainment’s push to expand the merchandise offerings available to fans of some of their biggest hobby game brands.
ACONYTE BOOKS, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, is delighted to announce that it has concluded a range-wide deal with Minotauro, the fantasy publishing imprint of the Planeta Group, to bring its novels to Spanish readers in Europe and Central/South America.
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