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Saber CEO Matthew Karch and team buy back the rights to the Saber brand alongside 12 other studios, including Metro franchise series developer 4A Games.

Timesplitters 4 developer Free Radical Design has been shut down just 2 years after re-opening, studio shuttered as part of Embracer's cost control.

Payday 3's launch missed Embracer Group's expectations, and the matchmaking issues at launch are to blame for the game's 'soft launch' performance.

The Embracer Group may be exploring a sale of Gearbox Entertainment, a significant games publisher that had been acquired in 2021 for $363 million.

In a bid to trim down its over encumbered gaming empire, Embracer Group has officially closed down the studio Volition, the studio behind Saints Row.

Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors notes that Crystal Dynamics and Eidos' new profitability plan is ahead of schedule, but neither may be profitable.

Dead Island 2 is a whirlwind power fantasy of a game that delivers outrageously disgusting violence with engaging combat set in an incredible world.

Dead Island 2 is a huge success right out of the gate with 1 million sales in just 3 days' time, but a good portion of those sales may be old pre-orders.

Dambuster Studios gives us even more reasons to be excited about Dead Island 2 with a new unique way to customize and unleash our zombie superpowers.

Crystal Dynamics has reportedly ended development of all new Avengers content and the game will enter maintenance mode and a possible shutdown in 2023.

Retail giant Amazon will handle publishing of the next Unreal Engine 5-powered Tomb Raider game that's in development at Crystal Dynamics.

Embracer Group has transferred Saints Row developer Volition to Gearbox's operating unit, which it hopes will provide keys to future success for the dev.

Embracer Group and Plaoin have delayed Dead Island 2's release by 12 weeks in order to give the dev team more time, will now release in April 2023.

Saints Row may have bombed on the market in terms of sales, and Embracer Group is confident it will still make money, but not as much as other games.

Dambuster Studios created their own proprietary ultra-gruesome 'gore tech' system called FLESH specifically for Dead Island 2's brutal combat and mayhem.

It's finally happening: Dead Island 2 will release in February 2023 on PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X/S complete with 6 playable classes and more.

Deep Silver parent company Koch Media has donated $500,000 to Ukranian relief, ousting Activision-Blizzard's $300,000 donation.

The Embracer Group has made 71 acquisitions, buyouts, and purchases from 2016 - 2021, plans to secure $851 million for more M&A.

The Embracer Group now owns and licenses 271 IPs and franchises across a huge array of 88 internal game development studios.

Is Dead Island 2 coming out in 2023? Or will it be pushed back until 2024 or later? Embracer Group delivers a coy answer.

Metro Exodus has sold 6 million copies since its release in 2019, making it a landmark success for 4A Games and Deep Silver.

Embracer Group wants to buy Asmodee, one of the biggest card and board game companies on the market for a staggering $3 billion.

Nightdive Studios has found a major-league publisher for its new System Shock reboot, which is coming to consoles and PC in 2022.

Flying Wild Hog says they've been 'working our flying wild butts off' to make Shadow Warrior 3 the best FPS game it can be.

Motorcycle racing game Ride 4 looks absolutely incredible on PlayStation 5 with ultra-immersive next-gen console graphics.

Volition teases its new Saints Row game, which is apparently a reboot and not a fully-fledged series sequel like Saints Row V.

Flying Wild Hog is working on four separate projects, and we know about three of them. The fourth game will be revealed soon.

The only next-gen Xbox Series X/S exclusive on the market is a third-party game that's also coming to Sony's PlayStation 5.

Deep Silver confirms it won't show off any Dead Island 2, Saints Row V, or next-gen Metro gameplay or news during E3 2021.

Shadow Warrior 3 developer Flying Wild Hog are working on four major games including the team's most ambitious project ever.

Deep Silver parent company Koch Media is holding its own E3-timed digital stream, and we could see Saints Row V and Dead Island 2.

Embracer Group is spending more on commissions to Steam/Sony etc. than it is on game development, promises to challenge 30% cut.

Starbreeze only lost $486 thousand in Q1'21, a reduction of 95% over last year, and latest financials show positive uptick.

Deep Silver has apparently signed Dead Island 2 and possibly Saints Row V as Epic Games Store timed exclusives at release.

505 Games no longer publishes Payday games, but a contract shows the company will still receive a cut of future Payday 3 earnings.

E3 2021 officially takes place from June 12-15 in all-digital format, major industry publishers will show up with new reveals.

Embracer (formerly THQ Nordic) raises a whopping $890 million to help fund new games, acquisitions, and publishing deals.

Starbreeze signs a 50 million Euro publishing deal with Deep Silver's Koch Media, Payday 3 is coming to consoles and PC in 2023.

Koch Media expects 'significant product releases in 2021 and beyond,' and owner Embracer Group says FY2022 will be its best year.

There's two possibilities: Dead Island 2 is a next-gen PS5/Series X exclusive, or Dambuster is working on another new game.

Gearbox is now owned by The Embracer Group (aka THQ Nordic), and the developer-publisher gets its own operating unit label.

THQ Nordic expands diversification into VR with new Vertigo Games acquisition making it one of the most balanced games companies.

Rumor: Saints Row V is taking cues from Saints Row 2 and 3 with more realistic gameplay, and Saints Row 4 has been retconned.

Embracer Group (aka THQ Nordic) reports strongest quarterly revenues due to digital game sales surges, driving sales up 153%

Saber Interactive is working on 15 new projects for The Embracer Group, including a new MP-driven Metro game with 4A Games.

THQ Nordic expects new games to hit a record 1.4 billion SEK this year, hintin big games are on the way. What could they be?

THQ Nordic currently has 133 games in development, and 59% of them, or 79 games, are unannounced projects across its dev teams.

THQ Nordic (The Embracer Group) buys a bunch of new game studios including Metro developer 4A Games for $45 million dollars.

Sony's PlayStation 5 could cost up to $599 for a 2TB SSD model, and less for the 865GB base model.

Gamers somehow got a hold of an early dev build of Yager's Dead island 2 from the 2015 era.