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Saber Interactive's head honcho pulled a wild stunt to nab the Halo: Combat Evolved remaster, telling Microsoft he'd do the job for free before ultimately squeezing the publisher for millions

Strap in, folks.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has almost hit 2 million sales, a 'reminder' to parent company Embracer 'to bring great products to the market'

We all forget that one every now and then.

PC Gamer

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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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided writer didn't like the ending either: 'Nothing is resolved'

Mark Cecere didn't ask for that ending.

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Deus Ex director Warren Spector thinks that 'if someone made Deus Ex today it might be perceived as a documentary,' so if he made a new one it would be pretty different

Please make a new one.

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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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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Diablo 4 support studio lays off 139 out of 200 workers as Embracer Group fallout continues

Lost Boys Interactive has been gutted

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Embracer's Lost Boys Interactive studio hit with another round of layoffs

The studio says it has to "adapt to shifting market conditions within the videogame industry."

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Tomb Raider publisher says "things are progressing" with the next Lara Croft game and that Crystal Dynamics is "fairly sheltered" from the layoffs wracking Embracer

"I mean, there's some really great ideas here"

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 delayed to February 2025: "We aimed for the end of the year and almost made it"

It's now out right before Valentine's Day

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Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is being published by Embracer's Plaion, future member of the Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends supergroup

Plaion's "ongoing mission to become a global force" accelerates

GamesRadar

Embracer has reportedly closed Elex developer Piranha Bytes as former creative director announces a new indie studio

Piranha Bytes said it was "in a difficult situation" earlier this year and it appears a solution could not be found.

PC Gamer

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 embraces a 'human-centric' AI policy, says vague stuff about how it will 'massively enhance game development'

Embracer, which laid off nearly 1,600 people last year, is going big on AI, but says it's not looking to replace people.

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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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FromSoftware boss addresses gaming industry layoffs: 'As long as this company's my responsibility, I would not let that happen'

Hidetaka Miyazaki describes FromSoftware's relationship with parent company Kadokawa and references Satoru Iwata's perspective on layoffs.

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Hyper Light Breaker dev opens up about the stress of depending on a publisher under the corporate carousel of acquisitions, layoffs and closures: 'I don't know who I'm going to be working with in a few months'

"Sometimes you get caught in that crossfire."

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After surviving Embracer's $460 million studio shuffle, director of anticipated open-world roguelike hits back at "cascading effect" of corporate consolidation

"I don't want to depend on megacorporations doing X, Y, and Z to dictate our future"

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Nintendo Fans Will Likely See More Big Games Ported to the Switch 2

Shiver helped bring 'Hogwarts Legacy' and 'Mortal Kombat 1' to the Switch last year.

PC Gamer

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.

PC Gamer

Embracer's talk about The Lord of the Rings says one thing: 'Fly, you fools!'

More like Middling-earth.

GamesRadar

Lord of the Rings' corporate owners know that you "have to respect" the books, but after Gollum, says that "not everything is going to hit it out of the park"

Tales of the Shire and Amazon Games' MMO are next up

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Inspired by Fallout's TV renaissance, Lord of the Rings franchise owner says there's "amazing" potential for spin-offs based in Middle-earth

"Just the Middle-earth opportunity on its own is just amazing if you think about it"

GamesRadar

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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Embracer's CEO says 'I'm sure I deserve a lot of criticism' as he reflects on a company split three ways—but maintains that every 'key entrepreneur and CEO' believed in its 'mission'

"All those decisions to acquire or organically set up or invest … I firmly believed in that."

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