Nordic Games announced today that it has closed an asset purchase agreement with Neocoregames Ltd. to acquire the remaining intellectual property “Codename Panzers”, including the two iterations “Codename: Panzers – Phase I” and “Codename: Panzers – Phase II”. The deal with Neocoregames was closed approx. 18 months after Nordic has acquired the rights to the third iteration of the franchise (“Codename: Panzers – Cold War”) from MAKE Projects UG, Germany.
The acquisition itself is being handled by Nordic Games Licensing AB, based in Karlstad, Sweden, whereas the day-to-day business (sales and distribution, evaluation of sequels & new content etc.) will be conducted by Nordic Games GmbH, based in Vienna, Austria.
“The constant expansion and diversification of our portfolio always has been a top priority for our long-term strategy”, comments Reinhard Pollice, Business & Product Development Director at Nordic Games. “Having a broad portfolio of IPs guarantees us a comfortable revenue stream, which in turn supports our true cause and our passion: make great games. The Codename Panzers series is known for delivering extraordinaire strategic gameplay with tactical depth and therefore was a perfect fit for our game portfolio.”
About Codename: Panzers
Codename: Panzers is a computer and video game franchise created by Hungarian game developer Stormregion. Codename: Panzers – Phase I, Codename: Panzers – Phase II and Codename Panzers – Cold War are the released games in this franchise (to date, at least).
Codename: Panzers was intended to be a three-part series portrayal of various conflicts of the Second World War.
Codename: Panzers puts emphasis on managing groups of troops, tanks, AVs, and artillery trying to defeat the enemy or capture objectives. The game belongs to the real-time tactics genre more than the traditional wargame/simulation genre.
