Aspyr Media Inc.

An American video game publisher and developer founded in 1996, specializing in porting games to macOS, Linux, and other platforms.

Action

Action-adventure

Adventure

Action (hack and slash)

Sports

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Website

Founded

1996

Acquired

2021

HQ

Austin, United States

Parent

Embracer Group

Known for

Porting / Publishing / Strategy

18

Games

2003–2023

Years

10

Platforms

$47.72

Ø CIB

+51.2%

24M change

About

Aspyr Media Inc. was established in Austin, Texas, and initially focused on bringing popular Windows games to the Macintosh platform. Over the years, the company expanded its business to include publishing original titles, porting games to mobile and consoles, and developing remasters of classic video games.

In 2003, the company expanded its publishing portfolio by releasing Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray (2003), also distributed as Wakeboarding Unleashed (2003), alongside the compilation Activision Anthology (2003). These releases marked a diversification of the company's catalog into mainstream console and multi-platform publishing.

The mid-2000s saw the publisher handle major third-party intellectual properties. Notably, they published the action-comedy game Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (2005), also known as Stubbs the Zombie (2005), with subsequent releases of Stubbs the Zombie (2006) and Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (2006) expanding its reach. During this same period, the company partnered with Funcom to publish the adventure game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006). Through these partnerships, the company established itself as a key distribution partner for independent developers and major publishers alike, securing physical and digital distribution rights for high-profile releases.