Rumours circulating last year that Borderlands creator Gearbox Studios is to be sold appear to have sprouted fruit. This would mark its exit from the shadow of the proverbial colossus Embracer Group, which has been having an, ah, interesting year and a bit to say the least.
The group, which gathered an unsavoury reputation for hoovering up studios after a spending spree in 2022, has been scrambling to recover for the better part of a year after a $2 billion deal fell through the floorboards, punched its way through several stories, hit the metaphorical boiler in the basement, and set the whole thing on fire.
