Crystal Dynamics was confirmed to be safe, but otherwise Embracer hasn’t mentioned which projects or which studios are going to be seeing cuts. Worrying news for a company which has made so many acquisitions in so little time, and which has only released a handful of notable games.

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    Embracer Group owns a whole load of stuff. I think they own the Deus Ex IP now too since Square Enix sold it off to focus on NFT’s. 🫠

    Anyways I hope no one loses their job and they can continue to put out great games.

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    God, what a strange company, their Wikipedia gave me a headache. Apparently THQ Nordic is now Austrian?

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      Yes … and Swedish. There were two companies named “THQ Nordic” one holding-company in Sweden and their publishing arm in Austria.

      The Swedish company got renamed Embracer but the Austrian arm stayed as THQ Nordic.

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    I was wondering when they were gonna stop eating every single studio, I guess they tried to brute force their way to profit and are now realizing it was a terrible plan

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    Gonna presume the reason why they haven’t announced which studios are being hit is because they haven’t yet told them. So there’s now 15k+ people sat that their desks worrying if they’ll have a pay check in a few weeks time. That sucks.

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    I can’t say I’m surprised honestly - after Saints Row was such a commercial failure I can’t imagine they’re going to be throwing their weight behind a sequel…

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    Really worrying that they wouldn’t announce which studios will get hit. The newest Saints Row was a bomb, but the rest of their companies seem to be doing pretty well. It would be annoying if good studios get laid off from this…