Empress Group, a Swedish video game holding company and the parents of Gearbox, Saber Interactive and THQ Nordic (among many studios) have agreed to buy several studios and IP options from Square Enix.
The deal includes three studios – Crystal Dynamics, Square Enix Montreal and Eidos-Montreal – More IP & Games List Tomb Rider, Deuce X, Thief, Cain Legacy And more than 50 “back-list” titles. The acquisition will cover more than 1,100 employees in the three studios, with a total purchase price of $ 300 million.
The news was released by a press release from both companies. Embracer expects the contract to expire in the second quarter of the 22/23 (July-September 2022) fiscal year.
Square Enix refers to Its press release “Transaction helps start new businesses by moving forward investments in sectors including blockchain, AI and cloud.” The Japanese company will also continue to issue such rights Just because, WalkersAnd Life is strange“.
Following the completion of this transaction, the United States will be the # 1 country of the Emperor and Canada # 2 in the number of game developers. In total, after the pending closures, Empress will have more than 14,000 employees, 10,000 game developers and 124 internal studios. Embracer’s Upcoming Content Pipeline has over 230 games with over 30 AAA games. This acquisition will bring an additional dimension to the current AAA segment of the Embracer, and the Embracer will be one of the largest pipelines of PC / console games content of all types.
It is the latest in a series of top acquisitions in the video game industry by Microsoft. $ 68.7 billion acquisition Activation Blizzard, after taking Bethesda and its IP in 2020.
