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UNCOVERED: Embracer group - The Untold Story

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio working on an open-world Lord of the Rings RPG, industry veteran claims, and one backer is reportedly putting $100 million into it

Aiming to "compete with Hogwarts Legacy"

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Eidos Montreal continues 3 straight years of layoffs as the Deus Ex studio fires 124 devs and 12-year studio head departs: "Today is a difficult day"

That marks 296 layoffs since the studio was acquired by Embracer Group in 2022

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Cryptic rises again? Former CEO Jack Emmert returns to the Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, and Champions Online studio: 'It was just meant to be'

Cryptic split from Embracer Group last year, and now one of its co-founders is back at the reins.

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Barely 4 years after buying them, Embracer Group sells Remnant publisher and Star Trek Online developer in a deal that'll net it $30 million

Arc Games and Cryptic Studios are being sold to Project Golden Arc Inc.

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Embracer Group sells publisher Arc Games and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios, but once again clings on to the publishing rights for Remnant 2

Old-school MMO Fellowship has its rights transferred to Coffee Stain.

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After splurging on EA, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is reportedly tightening its pursestrings, due to 'financial distress' caused by numerous troubled projects

Embracing change.

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Borderlands 4 takes a shot at Embracer Group by naming a town filled with trash and an AI talking toilet after it

Subtle as ever.

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Borderlands 4 seemingly throws shade at former owner Embracer with an AI toilet and rundown town ruled by a king in a hot tub

Subtle as ever, Borderlands

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Embracer CEO who oversaw the staggering $2B blunder that led to studio closures and layoffs is now set to become its executive chair, focusing on 'mergers and acquisitions and capital allocation'

Lars Wingefors is stepping down as Embracer CEO, but he's not going away.

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It's a day ending in 'y' so you know what that means: Embracer Group is doing more restructuring

It's amazing this lot ever get around to releasing games.

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THQ Nordic studio that was set to be closed in 2023 somehow escaped the Embracer death spiral and is now working on a new RPG

Campfire Cabal was ordered closed in the aftermath of Embracer's implosion, but it never actually happened.

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5 years after Avengers, 2 years after its last layoffs, and who knows how long before Perfect Dark and Tomb Raider return, Crystal Dynamics announces another round of layoffs

The news "does not alter our current project plans"

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Space Marine 2 CEO puts the boot into the Saints Row team's twitching corpse from his private jet: 'Who's going to fund them for the next game after that disaster?'

Which is certainly a look.

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Asmodee to saddle over $920 million debt as parent company splits in 2025

Asmodee to gain a chunk of its parent company's debt in restructring

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The gaming stories and trends that defined 2024

Here are five of the top stories and trends that defined 2024 in gaming across all facets of the industry.

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More Embracer Group layoffs: Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios is cutting jobs for the second time in a year

Numerous Cryptic employees have said they're among "many" who will be let go at the end of October.

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Saber Interactive Secures Private Equity Investment to Pay Off Embracer Debt

Saber Interactive secures undisclosed private equity investment to help pay off its debt to Embracer Group.

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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Series Remaster Teased at San Diego Comic-Con 2024

A booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 supposedly leaked that remasters of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 and 2 will be coming in the future.

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Classic RPG developer that helped shape The Witcher reportedly closes as two veteran devs appear to jump ship to their own new indie studio

Piranha Bytes developed the Gothic series, as well as the Risen and ELEX games

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A Cult-Classic Open-World Game Was A Single Vote Away From Getting A Sequel

In another harrowing story to come out of Embracer Group's many failures, the sequel to 'Red Faction: Guerilla', a cult-classic, was reportedly cancelled late last year.

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Embracer has closed Alone in the Dark studio Pieces Interactive

The closure comes less than a month after Embracer said sales of the Alone in the Dark reboot were "softer than expected."

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Randy Pitchford is 'a hit maker,' says Take-Two CEO: 'We've already identified many potential growth opportunities for the Borderlands series'

Take-Two bought Gearbox off of Embracer Group earlier this year for a fraction of what the Swedes paid.

Amazon turns to another major game franchise after enormous Fallout success

Prime Video is doubling down on game adaptations, with Tomb Raider next on the agenda.

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The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO

Real-time strategy is a "nerd genre," says the developer, and he's happy to make one on those terms.

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After taking on $1.5 billion in debt over a $2 billion gamble, embattled Embracer CEO responsible for over 1,400 layoffs breaks out classic scapegoats: Russia and Covid

Embracer Group's Lars Wingefors is splitting his company into three parts

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