Publishing agreements
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating game publishing agreements to protect your IP, revenue share, and creative control before you commit to a publisher.
What our clients face
Signing your first publishing deal
You are a game developer or studio preparing to sign a publishing agreement and need legal guidance to ensure the terms protect your interests from the start.
Reviewing an existing agreement
You have already received a publishing agreement from a publisher and need to understand the risks, unfavorable terms, or unclear clauses before committing.
Protecting IP and commercial terms
You want to ensure your intellectual property, revenue share, and creative control are properly protected before launch.
Our approach
Custom agreement drafting
Futura Digital drafts game publishing agreements covering IP ownership and rights, revenue sharing models, development responsibilities and milestones, marketing and distribution obligations, termination clauses, and dispute resolution.
Risk verification
Review of existing agreements to flag unfavorable royalty structures, unclear IP ownership clauses, limited marketing and distribution control, and unforeseen development cost exposure.
Negotiation support
Helping you secure the best possible terms from publishers by providing strategic legal advice throughout the negotiation process.
Stages of work
Consultation
We discuss your game concept, development stage, and desired publishing model — physical, digital, or hybrid.
Analysis
We review the existing agreement or assess the deal structure, identifying key risks and gaps.
Drafting / markup
We either draft a custom publishing agreement or prepare a detailed risk report with recommended changes.
Review and revision
You review the deliverables, and we incorporate your feedback and any counter-proposals from the publisher.
Finalization
We deliver the final agreement or sign-off memo, ready for execution.
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