Anuman Interactive SA is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 video game publisher

Video game publisher

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 and distributor

Distribution (business)

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. They publish games for formats including PC, Mac, interactive-DVD

DVD

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, Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

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 and Wii

Wii

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, Sony PSP

PlayStation Portable

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 and Apple iPhone

IPhone

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.

History

Anuman Interactive was founded in 2000 by Stéphane Longeard.

In 2009 Anuman was purchased by Média-Participations

Média-Participations

Média-Participations is a French media concern, controlled by a Belgian holding concern, specialized in Franco-Belgian comics. It has some forty publishers in its portfolio, including Dupuis, Dargaud, Le Lombard and Fleurus.-History:...

, a French media company, specialising in comics.

On 23 November 2009 they announced that they were acquiring the mark of and all the associated licences of another French video game company, Microïds

Microïds

Microïds 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...

. The Microïds deal with MC2 France

MC2 France

MC2 France is a French software company that develops and publishes video games focusing on adventure games. It was formed in 2003 when Emmanuel Olivier merged Microïds and Wanadoo Edition...

 was completed on 1 January 2010, and they are known for adventure games, such as Syberia

Syberia

Syberia is a 2002 computer adventure game conceived by Benoît Sokal, developed by Microïds and published through The Adventure Company. It follows the protagonist Kate Walker as she attempts to wrap up a sale on the behalf of her law firm...

and Still Life

Still Life (video game)

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.

In December 2009 Anuman became an official publisher for Sony

Sony

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's consoles.

On 13 September 2010 Anuman announced that they were opening an office in New York.