{"id":18925,"date":"2026-03-31T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/mecanique\/non-classifiee\/dont-panic-games-conquers-america-new-u-s-office-opens\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:01:21","slug":"dont-panic-games-conquers-america-new-u-s-office-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/news\/dont-panic-games-conquers-america-new-u-s-office-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Panic Games Conquers America: New U.S. Office Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">While some industry players are scaling back, the French publisher <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"67\">Don\u2019t Panic Games<\/b> (known for <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"96\">Final Girl<\/i> and <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"111\">Fighters of the Pacific<\/i>) is going on the offensive. Buoyed by the success of its own creations, the studio founded by C\u00e9dric Littardi has officially opened a permanent office in California to spearhead its North American expansion.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"4\">A &#8220;Made in France&#8221; Catalog for the U.S. Market<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Led by Emma Recher, this new branch aims to directly support the publisher&#8217;s original titles. While licensed games (such as <i data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"124\">Cowboy Bebop<\/i>) will continue to be managed by Japanime Games, Don\u2019t Panic will now independently push its own gems:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"6\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Spyworld<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"10\">Luminis<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"19\">Above<\/b>, and <b data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"30\">Maiko<\/b> are the spearheads of this launch.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\">The famous (and quirky) <b data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"24\">Don\u2019t Drop the Soap!<\/b> is already announced for the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"7\">Proximity and Pragmatism<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">For American retailers, this office means direct access to the catalog and reinforced on-the-ground marketing support. Despite uncertainties regarding U.S. tariff policies, the publisher remains confident and is betting on flexibility.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">Finally, Don\u2019t Panic confirms its role as a &#8220;license savior&#8221;: after acquiring the IPs for <i data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"90\">Hel: The Last Saga<\/i> and <i data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"113\">Anastyr<\/i> from CMON, the publisher continues to work on these major projects to provide solutions for original backers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some industry players are scaling back, the French publisher&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18926,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18925\/revisions\/18926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}