Embracer (THQ Nordic) buys Saber Interactive

[Ozorov]

"Saber has been on our radar for a very long time because of their deep history of consistently high-quality work. Their ambitious moves towards self-funding projects in recent years have been particularly impressive, especially with World War Z, which sold more than three million units. While Saber will remain a standalone company within Embracer Group, we look forward to collaborating with them to elevate their ability to create and market premier titles.", says Lars Wingefors, Founder and CEO of Embracer Group."

https://mb.cision.com/Main/15049/3038944/1196503.pdf

 

[Hero of Legend]

Oh fuck not Saber. :'(

 

[Sagadego17]

fuck!

 

[Deleted member 38706]

*Saber delivers amazing update for TW3*

THQ: "You're already dead."

 

[Acidote]

They've mostly been a porting or support studio with a few exceptions and smaller titles. I wonder if this will let them develop new games.

 

[JigglesBunny]

Son of a fucking bitch. Saber is too good.

 

[Xterrian]

Not withstanding the uh, nuances I guess you could say, I'm glad Saber will be in a more financially stable position now. Here's hoping they're not changed too much and can keep up their amazing work.

 

[alstrike]

Embracer has now a whopping 163 IP's on their portfolio 😱

 

[Gundam]

Too bad, I liked their work.

 

[Shard Shinjuku]

This also happened, not quite as big though.

 

[Rickenslacker]

Hopefully this means Saber never gets to curse the multiplayer of another big name shooter ever again.

 

[Hate]

How much money do they have? Why do I keep reading news about them buying another studio?

 

[Alandring]

So now they will have four divisions, THQ Nordic, Deep Silver, Coffee Stain and Saber Interactive?

I don't understand why everyone is so negative. I doubt it will change anything for Saber Interactive.

They've mostly been a porting or support studio with a few exceptions and smaller titles. I wonder if this will let them develop new games.

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They have released their last game (WWZ) last year... Yes, they also do port and support for other publishers, but it doesn't mean they don't developp their own games.

 

[Pyro]

I thought WWZ had no right being as amazing as it was last year so good for them getting a publisher so they can pursue original games instead of licenses/ports. Of course, it is THQ...

 

[Shard Shinjuku]

So now they will have four divisions, THQ Nordic, Deep Silver, Coffee Stain and Saber Interactive?

I don't understand why everyone is so negative. I doubt it will change anything for Saber Interactive.


They have released their last game (WWZ) last year... Yes, they also do port and support for other publishers, but it doesn't mean they don't developp their own games.

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Five divisions, Amplifier Game Invest was just named as number 4.

 

[AndrewDTF]

World War Z not a good game

 

[Mbolibombo]

Embracer about to become a major publisher

 

[Jon God]

Another developer I will no longer buy their games. :/

 

[GrrImAFridge]

How much money do they have? Why do I keep reading news about them buying another studio?

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Wingefors himself is a billionaire with fingers in several different pies.

 

[Shard Shinjuku]

Hopefully this means Saber never gets to curse the multiplayer of another big name shooter ever again.

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From doing this. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-02-21-thq-nordic-raises-usd225m-for-further-acquisitions

 

[Jon Carter]

So now they will have four divisions, THQ Nordic, Deep Silver, Coffee Stain and Saber Interactive?

I don't understand why everyone is so negative. I doubt it will change anything for Saber Interactive.

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Some members of this forum are boycotting THQ Nordiq and anything connected to them ever since the 8chan AMA.

 

[modiz]

Are embracer actually profiting? They have a large headcount without many big releases and buying studios in a quarterly basis.

 

[Imitatio]

Ugh. Saber probably won't port stuff to Switch anymore as a THQ sub, will they? Stuff from other third parties, I mean.

 

[Shard Shinjuku]

Are embracer actually profiting? They have a large headcount without many big releases and buying studios in a quarterly basis.

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Yes, yes they are making money.

 

[Zalman]

That's a shame.

 

[Deleted member 39144]

Oh, for fucks sakes. Their Witcher port had made me very interested in what they were doing next. Oh well.

 

[Barn]

Oh, that absolutely fucking sucks. Their port work is aces. And this right on the heels of their wonderful work on the new Witcher 3 patch for Switch.

But fuck THQ.

 

[Deleted member 6235]

I didn't expect that one of the agents in making corporate consolidation even faster in the games industry would be THQN of all companies.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Embracer Group acquires Saber Interactive

Embracer Group, the parent company of THQ Nordic, has acquired Saber Interactive, the company announced. The acquisition includes all of the assets of Saber Interactive and related assets, includin…

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So Saber's founders will become Embracer's 2nd largest shareholders.

Boy it'd sure be nice if they'd seize the opportunity to clean up Embracer/THQ Nordic's garbage and make them do something useful like donate to LGBT/child abuse victim support/etc charities and MAYBE somehow get Reinhard Pollice and Philippe Brock to face consiquences to show that the company is actually trying to rise above the shit show they did.

Doubt it sadly. :(

 

[Deleted member 10737]

the company is getting ridiculously massive

 

[Mgs2master2]

fuck, Hoping they let Seber continue what they do normally. Been impressed with their Witcher 3 switch port plus the patch they dropped today.

 

[Ricelord]

THQ:

 

[CortexVortex]

This also happened, not quite as big though.

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Nice, Koch Media is getting bigger and bigger. I am always happy to see German companies doing well.
Regarding Saber, good for them I guess.

 

[Johannes]

From outsiders perspective it feels bizarre how aggressively Embracer/THQ Nordic has been with it's acquisitions. Feels like it's common thing to read these kind of news every few months. I'm still little bit bummed out that Wreckfest crew was bought. Sony, Microsoft or pretty much any other mid-large sized publisher would have been more preferred alternative than THQ Nordic.

 

[Deleted member 8196]

Saber has over 440 employees btw

That's a massive acquisition

 

[Deleted member 10737]

huh, saber interactive is way bigger that i thought. nearly 500 people working in 5 locations.

edit: i guess they're no longer gonna be working on switch ports for other companies (vampyr, call of cthulhu, switcher)

 

[Imitatio]

edit: i guess they're no longer gonna be working on switch ports for other companies (vampyr, call of cthulhu, switcher)

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That is what I fear as well, which is why I'd say these news are utter shit. Damn.

 

[Ebtesam]

Embracer next Acquisition Xbox and Sony

but Seriously they are buying Studios and Ips left and right with no big releases

 

[Deleted member 8196]

That is what I fear as well, which is why I'd say these news are utter shit. Damn.

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There are still plenty of studios that can port games elsewhere.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Embracer next Acquisition Xbox and Sony

but Seriously they are buying Studios and Ips left and right with no big releases

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preparing for next gen, obviously. these acquisitions aren't going to pay off until then.

 

[Ebtesam]

preparing for next gen, obviously. these acquisitions aren't going to pay off until then.

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yeah next gen they maybe will have a yearly releases

 

[Deleted member 24021]

Hopefully they continue to port games to Switch, I'm looking forward to any ports after TW3

 

[Gush]

Hopefully this means Saber never gets to curse the multiplayer of another big name shooter ever again.

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Just what I was thinking.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Hopefully they continue to port games to Switch, I'm looking forward to any ports after TW3

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maybe the team within saber that was doing the ports will now work on ports for the games of thq/deep silver

 

[cowbanana]

Cool, they're a good fit considering all the other talent there.

 

[DarkDetective]

Saber Interactive will act independently within Embracer Group.

So they won't have to deal with the people behind the 8chan AMA directly.

 

[FantasticMrSnake]

What does saber do?
I mean what IP do they have ?
Apart from WW Z

 

[DarkDetective]

Saber has over 440 employees btw

That's a massive acquisition

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The press release says Saber has 590 internal developers.

Saber Interactive is an independent developer and publisher of top-quality video games for PC, consoles and mobile platforms, headquartered in Maplewood, New Jerseywithclose to 20 years in the industryand with 590internal developers across its studios in Russia, Spain, Portugal, Belarus, and Sweden.For the period 1 January –31 December 2019, Saber Interactive realised approximately USD 105million of revenues and USD 62million of EBIT.

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[Deleted member 8196]

What does saber do?
I mean what IP do they have ?
Apart from WW Z

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They worked on Spintires and co-developed Quake Champions with Bethesda.
A new Snowrunner game is coming in 2020

The press release says Saber has 590 internal developers.

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God dam they hired a lot of people in the last 2 years then.

 

[Deleted member 6235]

Didn't Saber also develop the World War Z game? That was quite succesful too.