"Griffin Gaming Partners Acquires French Video Game Publisher Playdigious with Support from Yards"

"Yards has assisted Griffin Gaming Partners, a leading global venture capital firm in the video game industry, in acquiring Playdigious, a French video game publisher. Griffin Gaming Partners, which manages over $1.5 billion in assets, focuses on investing in software infrastructure, content, and platforms in the gaming sector. Playdigious, founded in 2015, specializes in developing and publishing independent video games and has recently expanded into PC game publishing. Yards provided financial and tax structuring support for the acquisition, collaborating with various experts in the process."

**Press Release Summary** Yards assisted Griffin Gaming Partners, a leading venture capital fund in the video game sector, in the acquisition of Playdigious, a French video game publisher. Griffin Gaming Partners, which manages over $1.5 billion in assets, focuses on the global gaming market, investing in early-stage and growth phases of software infrastructure, content, and platforms within the video game industry. Founded in 2015 by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand, Playdigious has established itself as a recognized player in the development and publishing of independent video games. In May 2021, the studio was acquired by the Fragbite group. Playdigious primarily operates by licensing games already published on PC and consoles, porting them to mobile, and publishing them on mobile platforms. In 2023, the studio also launched a dedicated unit for PC game publishing under the label Playdigious Originals. The Yards team involved in this transaction included Jean Philippe Jacob (Partner) and Ghita Bouzoubaa (Associate) for M&A aspects, and Jérémie Yéni (Partner) for tax matters. The Yards team coordinated with Olivier Hayat on intellectual property aspects.

"Griffin Gaming Partners Acquires French Video Game Publisher Playdigious with Support from Yards"

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