PLAION
Klemens Kundratitz
PLAION GmbH, formerly Koch Media, is a German-Austrian media company headquartered in Höfen, Tyrol, Austria and a subsidiary of Embracer Group. It is the parent company of Warhorse Studios, the developer of the Kingdom Come: Deliverance series. It is also the publisher of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II.[1]
Background
PLAION is a German-Austrian media company headquarted in Höfen, Tyrol, in Austria. Founded in 1994 by Franz Koch and Klemens Kundratitz as Koch Media, the company initially focused on distributing computer games and software. In 2002, Koch Media established Deep Silver as a video game publishing division to "complement games that [Koch Media] was distributing".
On 14 February 2018, Koch Media was acquired by THQ Nordic AB (later known as Embracer Group), a Swedish video game holding company. On 13 February 2019, Koch Media entered into an agreement to acquire Warhorse Studios, the developer of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which had been co-published by Deep Silver exactly one year prior. Koch Media paid €42.8 million, equal to Warhorse's 2018 earnings, to seize ownership over the studio and its intellectual property.[2]
On 4 August 2022, Koch Media rebranded themselves as PLAION. The rebranding was undertaken to signify a new era for the company, giving it a new look and a new style.[3]