DIGITAL BROS INVESTS IN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE RIGHTS OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY “Brothers: A Tale of two sons” Through its subsidiary 505 Games, Digital Bros has acquired the intellectual property of successful videogame “Brothers: A tale of two sons”, that enchanted critics and audiences worldwide Milan, 16 January 2015 – The Digital Bros Group, reference major player in the global games entertainment field, announces today that it has acquired from Starbreeze – through its subsidiary 505 Games – the rights of the intellectual property of the critically-acclaimed, and multi-award-winning Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Originally published by 505 Games digitally on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, “Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons” was developed by Starbreeze Studios with creative direction from acclaimed film director Josef Fares and went on to amass 13 Game of the Year awards and sell over 800,000 units worldwide, registering revenues for €3 million. Digital Bros acquires the rights for Brothers from Starbreeze Studios, with whom they already have a partnership on the internationally successful Payday 2 franchise, which launched in August 2013 in digital and physical retail form, and has since generated over €42 million revenues since launch, with over 9 million units sold worldwide and more than 8 million additional items of downloadable content. The value of the investment to acquire the IP rights of “Brothers: A tale of two sons” is USD 500,000. “We’re incredibly pleased to have secured this deal with our longterm development partner, Starbreeze Studios..” stated Raffaele Galante, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Bros – “This acquisition reflects a precise strategy to own the property and the control of our IPs (Intellectual Properties), in particular those we’re sure will contribute significantly to the world of interactive entertainment. We’re growing a lot as an international publisher as well as a developer, therefore it’s essential for us ,on a strategic level, to control the IP of those titles in which we believe the most and which have proved hugely success worldwide. Having a development partner like Starbreeze has been hugely important over the last couple of year and has helped to establish the 505 Games brand as a publisher of successful videogames.” Digital Bros Press Office Marta Cozzi - [email protected] Tel.02.4130335 THE DIGITAL BROS GROUP Listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, the Digital Bros Group is a global company active since 1989 in game entertainment, developing, publishing and distributing worldwide entertainment content – videogames – through the different available channels: mobile and social, digital-web, retail. The Digital Bros Group is today active worldwide, through its offices in Italy, the United States, Great Britain, France, Spain, and Germany, with roughly 250 employees. The Headquarters of the Group is in Milan, from where all activities are coordinated. The structure works on the 3 main markets of development, publishing and distribution, through the brands 505 Games, 505 Mobile and Halifax. For more information: http://www.digital-bros.net .