17 Facts About Koch Media

Koch Media was founded in 1994 by Franz Koch and Klemens Kundratitz.

Koch Media operates video game publishing labels Deep Silver, Prime Matter and Ravenscourt, the video game developers Warhorse Studios and Milestone, as well as a film distribution arm, Plaion Pictures.

Koch Media was founded in 1994 by Franz Koch and his business partner, Klemens Kundratitz to market and distribute software.

Koch Media operated out of offices in Germany and Austria, while a regional subsidiary, Koch Media Ltd.

In 1995, Koch Media sold more than 250,000 software licenses, and in 1996, the company began distributing video games.

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In 2002, Koch Media established Deep Silver as a video game publishing division to "complement games that [Koch Media] was distributing".

In October 2005, Koch Media acquired French distributor SG Diffusion, which had recently signed with NCsoft to distribute their game Guild Wars.

On 14 February 2018, Koch Media Holding was acquired by THQ Nordic AB, a Swedish video game holding company.

Koch Media asked for all money to be paid to Koch Media instead of him, so the company could profit from the deal.

Koch Media's management, consisting of chief executive officer Kundratitz, chief financial officer Gratl and chief operating officer Stefan Kapelari, was joined by THQ Nordic AB's Erik Stenberg.

On 13 February 2019, Koch Media entered into an agreement to acquire Czech developer Warhorse Studios.

Also on the same day, it was announced that Koch Media had acquired 18point2, an Australian publishing partner, for €1.

On 14 August 2019, Koch Media agreed to fully acquire racing game developer Milestone srl and all of its intellectual property for €44.

Later that month, Koch Media opened offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo, both headed by Kundratitz, to expand publishing operations in Southeast Asia.

In September 2020, Koch Media acquired Vertigo Games, who develops, publishes, and distributes games exclusively for virtual reality platforms, including zombie survival FPS Arizona Sunshine and action FPS After the Fall.

In March 2021, Koch Media signed a €50 million co-publishing deal with Starbreeze Studios to finance the production, release, and post-launch support of co-op shooter Payday 3, with Starbreeze Studios retaining ownership of the IP.

Koch Media opened a new publishing division, Prime Matter, in June 2021, operating from its Munich headquarters.