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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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Devs behind GoldenEye, Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters are done with big shooters after getting burned by Embracer, so their next game is a Balatro-like twist on Scrabble—and you can try the demo now

Beyond Words is part of Steam Next Fest.

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Saints Row 1 designer reckons the series is 'dead,' adding that Embracer 'ghosted' him after a comeback pitch: 'I wish things were different'

The Third Street Saints won't go marching in anytime soon.

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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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CoD sales fell 60% — and Kotick says the collapse proves the Microsoft buyout was the right move. Does it?

Bobby Kotick claims Call of Duty sales are down more than 60% as he defends Activision’s $69B sale to Microsoft amid a lawsuit from Swedish pension fund AP7.

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How retro shooters like R-Type Delta HD Boosted are bringing a cult genre to new players

Embracer's Martin Lindell and James Wragg analyse the revival of a niche retro gaming genre.

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Eidos Montreal lays off more employees, internal projects reportedly cancelled as the studio shifts focus to support work

This is the second round of layoffs at the Embracer-owned studio this year.

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Former Battlefield devs had "something to prove" with Arc Raiders and The Finals, ex-Nexon boss says, and that's why they succeeded where other veteran-led studios failed

"All this stuff that really matters, where the value is created, is just completely forgotten"

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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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Even the original Deus Ex art director isn't happy with the controversial remaster: "Oh, what the f*ck. No. This did not need to happen"

"Sorry whoever was involved in this"

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While Deus Ex's confounding remaster is $30, the entire series is on sale for less than $10 on Steam

At normal price, they're still a competitive $54.

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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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We're still feeling aftershocks from Microsoft's destructive July layoffs and cancellations

Crystal Dynamics, which was co-developing the cancelled Perfect Dark reboot, imposed another round of layoffs today.

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Deus Ex lead Warren Spector pops up to remind everyone he didn't make the game alone in a cave, wish you a happy 25th anniversary, and get me wondering if something Deus Ex-related is happening behind the scenes

I said 'lead,' it's fine.

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Replaced Embracer CEO wins understatement of the year, says "the road has not always been straight" after billions burned, thousands of layoffs, dozens of games canceled, and multiple studios closed

Assessing the straightness of Embracer's road

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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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Thief VR is a huge slap in the face and kick in the teeth for everyone who has been waiting for more than a decade to return to the City

This ain't it.

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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.

GamesRadar

Embracer spins off Coffee Stain and 250 game studios under it, including devs of Satisfactory and Deep Rock Galactic, while rebranding The Lord of the Rings group

Fellowship Entertainment is still in charge of Lord of the Rings, Tomb Raider, Kingdom Come Deliverance, and more

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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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Eidos Montreal lays off more employees: 'We don’t have the capacity to entirely reallocate them to our other ongoing projects'

The Embracer-owned studio is putting "up to 75" people out of work.

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Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics lays off 17 employees 'to better align our current business needs and the studio's future success'

Crystal Dynamics is currently working on a new Tomb Raider game and is also co-developing a Perfect Dark reboot.

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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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