The latest news and announcements from Asmodee Entertainment, Aconyte Books and our Licensing Partners.
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™.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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