Saber Interactive leaving Embracer in $500 mil deal to become private. |UP| Embracer confirms sale..

[Gamernyc78]

Update 3/13



Update 3/14/24 Confirmed!

Embracer confirms $247m sale of Saber assets and withdraws from Russia | VGC

Update: 4A Games and Zen Studios expected to be included in the sale, taking the deal value to $500 million…

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[John Elden Ring]

So there's still hope

 

[Gamernyc78]

So there's still hope

It's probably best for them.

 

[Vertigo]

That’s a huge sum to break free. Good luck to them tho and great to see them escape Embracer’s inevitable doom. Really hoping Gunfire also gets out asap

 

[Gamernyc78]

That’s a huge sum to break free. Good luck to them tho and great to see them escape Embracer’s inevitable doom. Really hoping Gunfire also gets out asap

They acquired all those companies just to start releasing and losing them. Idk what fucking plan thy had but it wasn't well planned out.

 

[Would_you_kindly]

Doesn't playstation have exclusivity for this game , I hope they got a refund for whatever they paid for it because it's been a shit show all round with this

 

[Gamernyc78]

Games will suffer with all this bs.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Bloomberg: Saber Interactive to split from Embracer Group in $500 million deal

Embracer Group will sell Saber Interactive to a group of private investors in a deal worth up to $500 million, according to a Bloomberg report citing a person familiar with the transaction.

www.gematsu.com

 

[Cool hand luke]

If they've got 500mil to burn I sure hope they've also got enough to make the Kotor Remake AAA

 

[Gamernyc78]

Maybe thy just wanted to stop micro from gobbling some of them up.

 

[arvfab]

All the consolidation breaking up much quicker than I thought. Some good news!

 

[Gamernyc78]

All the consolidation breaking up much quicker than I thought. Some good news!

Really fast it feels like just the other day embracer acquired these.

 

[Neversummer]

They acquired all those companies just to start releasing and losing them. Idk what fucking plan thy had but it wasn't well planned out.

I don’t get theyre plan, they’re shaving fat which is needed in Embracer but there selling off the studios w much potential atleast compare to there other studio. Is Embracer really gonna sell off there biggest studios & hold on to the mid studios? Or is Embracer gonna do a 180 out of gaming? What a mess

I reckon Embracer smallest studios & studios w no potential would be sold or closed completely leaving the studios w much potential or ip to create quality game. Destroy all humans remake was good they should reboot the franchise or make a new installment that’s AA at mind.

 

[Gamernyc78]

I don’t get theyre plan, they’re shaving fat which is needed in Embracer but there selling off the studios w much potential atleast compare to there other studio. Is Embracer really gonna sell off there biggest studios & hold on to the mid studios? Or is Embracer gonna do a 180 out of gaming? What a mess

I reckon Embracer smallest studios & studios w no potential would be sold or closed completely leaving the studios w much potential or ip to create quality game. Destroy all humans remake was good they should reboot the franchise or make a new installment that’s AA at mind.

I mean I could understand if they bought them to then resell at profit but I doubt that was the plan. They must have thought magically they just start printing money and didn't forsee this constriction.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Saber Interactive for $500m?

 

[Zzero]

I don’t get theyre plan, they’re shaving fat which is needed in Embracer but there selling off the studios w much potential atleast compare to there other studio. Is Embracer really gonna sell off there biggest studios & hold on to the mid studios? Or is Embracer gonna do a 180 out of gaming? What a mess

I reckon Embracer smallest studios & studios w no potential would be sold or closed completely leaving the studios w much potential or ip to create quality game. Destroy all humans remake was good they should reboot the franchise or make a new installment that’s AA at mind.

I think the Embracer heads don't want to drown their own puppies. THQN was their original creation and Deep Solver/Plaion was brought soon after. They are also more Scandinavia-centric, just like ownership. Thus they are allowed to keep making trash while the better/later acquisitions like Saber, Gearbox, Asmodee, etc. weren't allowed to take charge of them. To me its clear that Asmodee is the "best bit" of the org, followed by Coffee Stain and then Saber but the laggard groups are going to continue to hold their value down.

 

[Gamernyc78]

With all these layoffs, companies wanting to reverse the acquisitions how Imtaxt are even the COD companies. I know they experienced alot of layoffs, they have to be former shells of themselves. The next COD might be a real shit show. I mean this one was trash either way.

 

[peter42O]

Woohoo!!! KOTOR Remake is still alive!!! Hoping it stays that way until release.

 

[anonpuffs]

I think the Embracer heads don't want to drown their own puppies. THQN was their original creation and Deep Solver/Plaion was brought soon after. They are also more Scandinavia-centric, just like ownership. Thus they are allowed to keep making trash while the better/later acquisitions like Saber, Gearbox, Asmodee, etc. weren't allowed to take charge of them. To me its clear that Asmodee is the "best bit" of the org, followed by Coffee Stain and then Saber but the laggard groups are going to continue to hold their value down.

Thqn used to make solid low budget games, what happened

 

[xollowsob]

They bought themselves out to save more job losses.

Respect to the new owners of Saber Interactive.