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The Embracer Group has announced plans to split into three companies. The gaming juggernaut has been fraught with financial difficulties over the past year and it has now confirmed that it will be dividing into three companies: Middle-earth Enterprises and Friends, Asmodee Group and Coffee Stain and Friends. In a statement released on their website, Embracer’s CEO Lars Wingefors said: "This move has been made with the intention to unleash the full potential of each team and provide them with their own leadership and strategic direction. "This is the start of a new chapter, a chapter that I int...
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Saber Interactive's CEO Matthew Karch has defended The Embracer Group's boss Lars Wingefors following the studio's departure from the company. Embracer has been selling off some of its developers – including the now privately owned Saber - to recover funds from a failed deal worth billions as the gaming industry continues to financially struggle and Karch has backed Wingefors for making the difficult choices. He told IGN: "It's very easy to look from the outside at a situation when you're not familiar with the people in this situation or what guides those people and to draw conclusions. "You c...
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Gearbox Software has confirmed it will be laying off staff. The studio, who develops the ‘Borderlands’ franchise, revealed it would be axing an undisclosed number of jobs just a day after its parent company - The Embracer Group - announced it had agreed to sell Gearbox to ‘Grand Theft Auto’ publisher Take-Two. In a statement given to Eurogamer, the developer wrote: “Thank you for your thoughts and care for The Gearbox Entertainment Company as some reports of internal communication and actions are starting to flow through public channels. “As we strive towards our mission to entertain the world...
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The Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors has emphasised it is "way too early" for the company to start thinking about acquiring new studios. The company has been forced to implement cost-cutting measures in recent months - including job losses and the cancellation of games - and Wingefors insists that the "highest focus and priority" was to increase profitability by "simply making better products and games". When asked about the prospect of future acquisitions, he told investors: "Now we are in the late phases of the consideration into the future of the group, and that's our highest focus and pri...
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Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors has confirmed that Free Radical may be gone before the end of the year. The studio, which is well-known for its titles ‘TimeSplitters’ and ‘Haze’ was purchased by Crytek in 2008 after it faced bankruptcy and went on to produce other titles, such as ‘Crysis’. Rumours began circulating recently over the future of the company, with it being alleged that it would be closing its doors permanently. Now, the studio’s patron company, Embracer Group, has confirmed their fate, with boss Lars Wingefors announcing that it would be undergoing significant job cuts. In a statement...
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Games insider Jason Schreier insists that the ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic’ (KOTOR) remake is still in active development. Jason, who has a good track record when it comes to gaming leaks, and even revealed the KOTOR remake was in development before Sony officially announced it in 2021, emphasised that the game was not cancelled. In a X post, he wrote: “Can't say whether the KOTOR Remake will ever actually *come out*, but yes, two people from Saber Interactive tell me they're still on it, despite recent rumors that nobody is working on the game. (Saber took the project from Aspyr la...
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