Pop-culture consumer products company, Funko, has acquired board game development studio Forrest-Pruzan Creative (FPC) for an undisclosed sum.
The Seattle-based board games business specialises in game invention, game design and playtesting and has developed titles such as Disney Villainous, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, Bob Ross – Art of Chill and Choose Your Own Adventure – House of Danger.
FPC was led by Jay Wheatley who worked for the business for over 17 years and commanded a team of over 20 designers. Wheatley is now general manager of games at Funko.
Funko president, Andrew Perlmutter, said that the acquisition of FPC is in line with the other expansions the business is making.
“We’ve always been incredibly impressed with FPC’s portfolio and have witnessed the company make a name for itself on a global level.
“As we expand our product portfolio, we believe this acquisition is in line with what we are doing with apparel, accessories and Funko Animation Studios.
“The games category is another avenue to deliver pop culture to our ever-growing fan base. FPC’s nearly two decades of experience in developing high quality games will provide us added expertise as we leverage our existing IP and licensor portfolio into this category,” he said.
Funko does not expect that there will be any material impact from the acquisition on its financial performance in 2019.