Nacon has acquired LOTR: Gollum developer Daedalic Entertainment

Publisher Nacon announced its acquisition developer Daedalic Entertainment for €53 million EUR, which is the equivalent of just over $60 million USD. Daedalic Entertainment is the studio responsible for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, an upcoming action-adventure game based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s hit novel series. Nacon was already publishing LOTR: Gollum but has now decided to tighten the collaboration between the two involved companies. The released statement claimed that this acquisition will allow Nacon to acquire “several key intellectual properties.” Most of the acquired developer’s games are point-and-click adventure titles, like The Whispered World and Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth. It has also both developed and published a variety of graphic adventure games.   As for Daedalic Entertainment, Nacon said that this acquisition will “enable the studio to grow its team and strengthen its position as a leading indie publisher.”…