General Gaming Official "Embracer Group Acquires" Thread, update - Limited Run Games, Tripwire Interactive, Tuxedo Labs, IP rights to LOTR and The Hobbit, and Japanese shump devs

[Keyser_Soze]

Netherrealm is next!

[Brian]

SpongeBob sold 1 million copies

 

[Pikachu]

11 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

SpongeBob sold 1 million copies

 

 

[jaethos]

When I saw this news this morning I immediately thought of this thread.

[Pikachu]

EMBRACER GROUP ACQUIRES VERTIGO GAMES

[Pikachu]

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz//favicon.ico Embracer Group acquires 13 studios: Here's everything you need to know

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Flying Wild Hog, Coffee Stain North, Zen Studios, Julian Gollop's Snapshot Games, and more added to THQ Nordic parent's growing games empire

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Embracer Group acquires Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment for $1.3 billion

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Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment said it is being acquired by the Embracer Group for up to $1.3 billion.

 

Embracer Group acquires Aspyr Media for up to $450 million

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Embracer Group's subsidiary Saber Interactive has agreed to buy Aspyr Media for $100 million plus $350 million in possible bonuses.

 

Embracer Group acquires mobile game maker Easybrain for $640 million

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Embracer Group has also acquired mobile game maker Easybrain in Cyprus for at least $640 million, with as much as $125 million in bonuses.

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Today's acquisitions were a combination of cash and stock where $1.1 billion was paid immediately with the potential of a further $1.5 billion based on future performance:

 

 

[Brian]

Embracer Group raising over $890m for even more acquisitions

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Ever-expanding games firm currently evaluating a "growing number of potential near-term acquisition targets"

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Good Lord.

[Keyser_Soze]

Embracer and Tencent are going to make all the games from now on.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Embracer Group acquires Appeal Studios, KAIKO, Massive Miniteam and FRAME BREAK - Embracer

EMBRACER.COM

 

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Through the Acquisitions, Embracer Group grows to 68 internal studios and more than 7,100 employees and contracted employees in more than 40 countries.

 

[Brian]

68 internal studios? Lol

 

[Keyser_Soze]

A new TimeSplitters is coming under a 'reformed' Free Radical Design | PC Gamer

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Development hasn't started, so it's probably a while off.

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Embracer Group has had acquisition talks with 150 more companies

 

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Embracer has made more than 25 acquisitions since the beginning of 2020, and in March made a share offering to raise an additional $890 million for further acquisitions. The company said in the fourth quarter alone it "engaged with more than 150 companies about joining the group."

 

It said that at the moment, it is in "late-stage talks" with more than 20 parties, including several that have signed letters of intent. However, it indicated it will not announce those parties yet.

 

As of the end of its fiscal year, Embracer had 160 development projects in the works. The company said more than two-thirds were either in new franchises or series that have been dormant for at least five years.

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Embracer acquires eight studios, including Crazy Labs, Ghost Ship Games, DigixArt

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The initial transaction amounts to over $313 million, with an additional $232 million considered if milestones are reached

 

[chakoo]

JFC... This is getting crazy.

[Brian]

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Embracer's Aspyr subsidiary to acquire Beamdog

 

 

[Pikachu]

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

4 hours ago, Pikachu said:

 

 

HOLY.
COW.

 

That price indicates that Square Enix just wanted to get the hell out of these non-Japanese studios.

[XxEvil AshxX]

MS might just be kicking themselves for being tied up in the ActiveLizzard deal when this went down.

 

I'm not too torn up, as Embracer seems uninterested in exclusivity deals and is relatively hands-off. HOWEVER it is still a bit weird how all these talks of a monopoly with MS and yet no one's raising an eyebrow at Embracer gobbling up everything in it's path.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

1 minute ago, XxEvil AshxX said:

I'm not too torn up, as Embracer seems uninterested in exclusivity deals and is relatively hands-off. HOWEVER it is still a bit weird how all these talks of a monopoly with MS and yet no one's raising an eyebrow at Embracer gobbling up everything in it's path.

 

Embracer isn't a platform holder - that's a very significant distinction.

[Brian]

No wonder that Avengers road map changed recently 

[Paperclyp]

Not really sure what any of this is going to add up to, but generally all this acquisition stuff makes me pretty uncomfortable. 

[Keyser_Soze]

49 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Embracer isn't a platform holder - that's a very significant distinction.

 

Also, they aren't even an American company so they can do whatever they want pretty much while Microsoft has to stand up to some sort of scrutiny.

[JPDunks4]

The less stuff Square Enix owns the better.

[XxEvil AshxX]

1 hour ago, JPDunks4 said:

The less stuff Square Enix owns the better.

 

Indeed. Can't wait for these studios to be successful now that Squeenix isn't calling the shots.

[stepee]

Yeah I guess this is fine or whatever, they sold the studios along with the IP, if Square tried to sell just one or the other then Id be bummed. Only thing I don’t know is if for a theoretical Guardians Of the Galaxy sequel if this messes that up or not. I assume so long as they are able to do a sequel without Square cock blocking it that it’s maybe actually more likely now.

 

 

[XxEvil AshxX]

2 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

Embracer isn't a platform holder - that's a very significant distinction.

 

Not yet.

 

[Mercury33]

Being excited these studios moved from Square to Embracer is like being excited Disney acquired Fox because Xmen in the MCU

[stepee]

7 minutes ago, Mercury33 said:

Being excited these studios moved from Square to Embracer is like being excited Disney acquired Fox because Xmen in the MCU

 

I think this would be more like if Berkshire Hathaway acquired Image Comics.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

9 minutes ago, stepee said:

 

I think this would be more like if Berkshire Hathaway acquired Image Comics.

 

Embracer already acquired Dark Horse Comics.

[crispy4000]

I'm positively shocked Microsoft or Sony didn't scoop them up, for much more.

 

For reference, the old Rise of the Tomb Raider timed exclusivity deal cost Microsoft 100 million (lol).  For triple that, they could have owned the game and studio, two others, and even more IP.