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Embracer Group has been talking to more than 150 companies about a potential acquisition.
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bitbydeath
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Sounds like too many studios to look after. I couldn’t imagine Sony or Nintendo would be interested. Maybe Microsoft would just for the IP’s and then take a torch to them all?
onesvenus
Member
It's exactly the other way around, isn't it?
They are not trying to sell, they are buying more studios
Sentenza
Member
They release games constantly and with Biomutant they have one of their (supposed) biggest releases ever just around the corner.
It's just that almost their entire "portfolio" is made out of a constellation of fairly small studios working on the sort of low budget productions this type of forum rarely pays much attention to.
Piranha Bytes (creators of Gothic, Risen and ELEX), everything Deep Silver, Koch Media, Saber Interactive, etc, etc.
EDIT - here's a list from Wikipedia of their studios so far: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embracer_Group
Not necessarily up to date.
EDIT 2 - Oh, right. And now they own Gearbox too.
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SoloKingRobert
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It would make sense for Microsoft with Xbox Game Pass if they had all those Game Studios.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Why combined sell-off?
They are a holding company; they will milk profits off some, try to pump the value up on others for sale, etc just like every other holding company on the planet.
“Combined sell offs” would be incredibly strange lol
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Mattyp
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My bad I read the first post incorrectly with my sleep deprived brain
My point still stands I think they’ll do a combined sell off of the entire company eventually. Good and bad all together, like any other investment group.
Kagey K
Banned
Whoever signed the big deal with them are going to end up with a shitton of exclusives.
They have just swallowed so many small to medium developers on the last couple years.
They could release a console tomorrow and have more studios working for them than Sony and MS combined.
Fredrik
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I think it’s because they’re so big that it’s difficult to know what they’re apart of now. You’ve probably heard of Valheim, which was the biggest thing on Steam, published by Coffee Stain which Embracer acquired. And Biomutant is coming out in just a few days, looks amazing if you ask me.
IntentionalPun
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Seems like there plan is to be much bigger than something anyone would sell off completely.My bad I read the first post incorrectly with my sleep deprived brain
My point still stands I think they’ll do a combined sell off of the entire company eventually. Good and bad all together, like any other investment group.
Holding companies exist for various reasons (some literally own one company, maybe 2) but the ones that buy dozens of companies basically use them like stocks they can heavily influence the value of.
Embraced has indicated they want big puns, they want other holding companies under them, etc.
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Varteras
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People don't care if it's a third party because that doesn't practically guarantee their games to be limited to certain platforms.
coffinbirth
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I've heard the former, but not the latter, since that's not even close to being true.
coffinbirth
Member
What even is this thread though?
I mean, they are acquiring more studios, not being acquired, right? Is this a massive reading comprehension failure on my end or the op?
I mean, they are acquiring more studios, not being acquired, right? Is this a massive reading comprehension failure on my end or the op?
xrnzaaas
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That's the cycle with many famous names in the gaming business. Your studio is taken over by a big company, you don't want to work on big soulless projects you've been given (like on another CoD
), you leave with other talented devs and start your new smaller company, that company gradually grows and takes on bigger projects until it's bought by another big publisher. The cycle restarts.
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Varteras
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Yeah. We're seeing it play out quite a bit, too. Blizzard has had a ton of high profile departures and now many of them are starting new studios or groups. Dreamhaven being by far the biggest story surrounding that. Literally built by one of the guys who co-founded Blizzard and staffed by tons of former Blizzard devs. Trying to establish itself as a big publisher. Two of its own studios right off the bat and currently partnered with three other independent studios. Respawn was made by the guys who created Infinity Ward. Of course they were later bought by EA. Kojima left Konami and reformed his studio. The list goes on. Many of these studios being acquired will eventually shut down as talent shifts elsewhere and they can't produce anymore. Only some will remain for many years. Like you said, a cycle that repeats.That's the cycle with many famous names in the gaming business. Your studio is taken over by a big company, you don't want to work on big soulless projects you've been given (like on another CoD
LisaMariaMartin
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For now
ZehDon
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Checked the Wiki page, and oh boy - I didn't realise they'd grown so damn large.
OceanGaming
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The Gaffers that think that Embracer is intending to sell is hilariously mistaken.
They are aiming to be the biggest European gaming conglomerate, might even make their own PC/console hybrid.
Great Hair
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GeorgPrime
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oldergamer
Member
That sounds really dumb. I'm calling BS on this twitter post. No company is large enough to approach that many other companies and go through the entire process of due diligence to make that happen.
Purchases take months to work out.
Purchases take months to work out.
SlimeGooGoo
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yurinka
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When they say acquisition, do they mean to buy more studios or that they want to sell their company?
Wow, they have a ton of studios.
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Ass of Can Whooping
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Possibility of at least another 20 aquisitions this year
Jesus these guys
Jesus these guys
Gaelyon
Gold Member
Damn i've only got 0.98 bethesda right now. I knew it wasn't a good idea to buy that oled TV...
ChuckeRearmed
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Race towards 100 internal studios LMAO
Ass of Can Whooping
Banned
They've started that already with a new studio to develop timesplitters
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oldergamer
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I'm still calling bullshit on it. The number is unrealistic. Potential acquisition is fine, but 150 companies being in the mix is a unrealistic number. Think about it.
Ass of Can Whooping
Banned
They aquired more than 20 studios last year and from the looks of it they're going to aquire another 20 if not more again this year
It's not unrealistic at all. It's just talks. I'm pretty sure Lars isn't pulling this out of his ass
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Bitmap Frogs
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Fucking hell shit is getting scary with these guys.
oldergamer
Member
When i worked for gameloft, they actually had 8000 employees worldwide. You'd be surprised how big some companies are in game development.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Jesus.