and video game industry founded 1984 founder elliot grassiano headquarters montreuil paris france key people st phane longeard ceo of anuman parent anuman divisions micro ds micro ds games for all website the official micro ds website micro ds is a french software brand belonging to anuman interactive that publishes and develops video games . in recent years the company s collection of brands and game licenses has grown since being a part of mc2 france . in late 2007 the micro ds brand was relaunched and since the beginning of 2010 micro ds has been a part of anuman . contents 1 history 1.1 company foundation 1985 2003 1.2 merger with mc2 france 2003 2009 1.3 purchase by anuman interactive 2010 present 2 games 2.1 recent game development 2.1.1 publishing rights 3 corporate identity 4 references 5 external links history edit company foundation 1985 2003 edit micro ds was founded in 1985 by elliot grassiano . for the first 10 years micro ds was a development house but in 1995 they expanded into publishing and distribution as well . 1 micro ds france at this time was located in v lizy near paris france . the company also then expanded worldwide with a publisher in milan italy micro ds italy distributor in milton keynes united kingdom micro ds ltd and a developer in montr al canada micro ds canada inc. . merger with mc2 france 2003 2009 edit main article mc2 france in 2003 emmanuel olivier founder of index created a new company called mc2 france which subsequently merged with micro ds . in september 2003 mc2 micro ds acquired wanadoo edition as part of a deal with the french government for micro ds to emerge from bankruptcy protection . as part of the deal wanadoo also became a 12 % shareholder of micro ds . 2 emmanuel olivier became ceo when elliot grassiano left the company . in february 2004 the company had more than 150 employees including 95 in montr al. 3 in march 2005 ubisoft announced their intention to acquire mc2 micro ds micro ds canada and to integrate it into ubisoft s montreal studios . 4 this deal only included fifty of mc2 micro ds employees and technical equipment ; however the agreement did not include any transfer of intellectual property . 5 the uk arm microids ltd was wound up between 2003 and 2005 and micro ds italy split off from the company in 2005 turning into the italian publisher blue label entertainment . 6 on november 28 2007 mc2 france officially relaunched the micro ds brand 7 with all of the company s future productions to be released either under the micro ds montreal or micro ds paris brands . the headquarters of the company are in montrouge a suburb of paris and they have a development studio in montreal canada hence the two brands . in december 2007 they opened an online store powered by metaboli ; this was later improved and relaunched the following year . 8 on 20 october 2008 micro ds acquired the brands and intellectual property of cryo interactive who had been declared bankrupt in 2002 . 9 micro ds is also publishing games of kheops studio . purchase by anuman interactive 2010 present edit see also anuman on 23 november 2009 anuman interactive announced that they were acquiring the mark of and all the associated licences of micro ds . 10 the micro ds deal between anuman and mc2 was completed on 1 january 2010 . 11 12 on 8 april 2010 micro ds announced their strategy for 2010 ; this includes the pc development of dracula 4 the shadow of the dragon and syberia 3 and the adaptation of many of micro ds game licences into episodic games for apple s ipad and iphone . in 2011 a new logo was unveiled for the company in addition to the new secondary brand of micro ds games for all that is centred around the company s non adventure games . 13 14 on 26 november 2012 it was announced that elliot grassiano the original founder of micro ds will oversee new game development as vice president of the micro ds unit . on 19 august 2013 it was announced that anuman had purchased the licence to develop and publish games based upon the works of agatha christie ; these will be released on the micro ds label . games edit main article list of micro ds games micro ds is well known for the development of adventure game series including syberia and post mortem still life . other notable games that micro ds has produced include far gate and the nicky boum series of action games for the commodore amiga . in recent years through mergers and buyouts the parent company has acquired licences of many games from companies such as index wanadoo edition and cryo interactive . acquired game licences which they intend to build upon include dracula and egypt . recent game development edit in 2007 micro ds announced that it was working on a number of games in collaboration with various development studios such as elektrogames kheops studio mzone studio totm studio gameco studios and white birds productions . as of 2010 the company is currently developing and adapting games for pc mac 15 ipad and iphone as well as looking into games for web browser facebook online gaming consoles psn xbox live and web tv . publishing rights edit in 2008 micro ds announced they had entered into a publishing agreement with encore part of navarre corporation where encore would publish micro ds entire catalogue in north america . 16 this deal was extended in august where legacy interactive would distribute micro ds adventure video games as digital downloads in north america . 17 a deal with cdv software entertainment to distribute games such as still life 2 in france was announced in april 2009 . 18 in september 2009 the company announced a long term distribution deal with iceberg interactive for the united kingdom and the benelux countries . 19 corporate identity edit since the creation of micro ds in 1984 the company has had a number of different logos . during the mid 1980s the company used a logo with white writing and a yellow shape to the left . from around 1986 until 1995 they used a logo showing a curvy stylised letter m which may look like a simple drawing of a bird ; initially this had a background depicting a 3d scene . 20 fellow french video game developer with links to micro ds white birds also use similar simple drawings of birds as their logo . in the mid 1990s the company changed their logo slightly to contain the colours of the rainbow but without a background . this logo remained until the merger with mc2 france when a red grey logo was used . by the time of still life being released the company was using a logo containing a blocky stylised letter m and dot below it . 20 in 2005 this had a smooth typeface and no dots above the letter i. by the relaunch of the brand in 2007 the previous design had a diaeresis placed above the letter i and a different typeface . 20 after the anuman buyout the logo shape was changed slightly and included a new typeface . according to the company the name micro ds is a portmanteau of the words micro ordinateur and android . logo 1986 1995 . logo 1995 2003 . mc2 micro ds logo in 2003 . logo circa 2005 ; a variant of this was used in 2007 . references edit virtools development applications . virtools . retrieved 2008 04 04 . microids takes over wanadoo s games division . adventure gamers . 2003 10 02 . retrieved 2008 04 04 . bundle up for a journey to syberia . justadventure.com communications . 2004 03 30 . archived from the original on 2004 06 18 . ubisoft montreal enters into an agreement to acquire microids canada s development operations . ubisoft . 2005 03 02 . retrieved 2008 04 04 . ubisoft acquires mc2 micro ds . just adventure . 2005 03 03 . retrieved 2008 04 04 . profilo dell azienda in italian . blue label entertainment . retrieved 2008 04 04 . emmanuel olivier and index founders relaunch micro ds . 2007 11 28 . retrieved 2008 04 04 . micro ds opens the micro ds shop . micro ds . 2008 11 05 . retrieved 2008 11 05 . micro ds acquires the cryo catalogue and brands . micro ds . 2008 10 20 . retrieved 2008 10 27 . anuman s offre micro ds in french . game kult . 2009 11 23 . retrieved 2009 11 24 . anuman interactive annonce le rachat de micro ds in french . itr games . 2009 11 23 . retrieved 2009 11 24 . microids acquired by anuman interactive . worth playing . 2009 11 29 . retrieved 2009 12 02 . brands micro ds games for all . anuman interactive . retrieved 2012 11 25 . brands micro ds . anuman interactive . retrieved 2012 11 25 . micro ds announces its games for macintosh . micro ds . 2009 04 15 . retrieved 2009 04 15 . encore and microids sign exclusive publishing agreement for north america . micro ds . 2008 04 16 . retrieved 2008 04 26 . legacy signs new digital deal . casual gaming . 2008 08 29 . retrieved 2008 09 10 . micro ds confie cdv mdarics media la distribution de ses jeux en france in french . micro ds . 2009 04 02 . retrieved 2009 04 02 . iceberg and micro ds sign distribution deal . gamers hell . 2009 09 03 . retrieved 2009 09 27 . a b c about us . micro ds . 2007 . retrieved 2009 12 07 . external links edit micro ds.com micro ds at mobygames micro ds on facebook micro ds on twitter anuman interactive retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title micro ds & oldid 742494523 categories video game companies of franceentertainment software associationcompanies established in 1984video game publishersvideo game developerscompanies based in parishidden categories cs1 italian language sources it cs1 french language sources fr navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages catal deutschfran aishrvatskiitalianomagyarpolskirom n edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 01 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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