How retro shooters like R-Type Delta HD Boosted are bringing a cult genre to new players Embracer's Martin Lindell and James Wragg analyse the revival of a niche retro gaming genre. Creative Bloq · Dec 28, 2025
Eidos Montreal lays off more employees, internal projects reportedly cancelled as the studio shifts focus to support work This is the second round of layoffs at the Embracer-owned studio this year. PC Gamer · Dec 4, 2025
Former Battlefield devs had "something to prove" with Arc Raiders and The Finals, ex-Nexon boss says, and that's why they succeeded where other veteran-led studios failed "All this stuff that really matters, where the value is created, is just completely forgotten" GamesRadar · Dec 3, 2025
Barely 4 years after buying them, Embracer Group sells Remnant publisher and Star Trek Online developer in a deal that'll net it $30 million Arc Games and Cryptic Studios are being sold to Project Golden Arc Inc. GamesRadar · Nov 26, 2025
Embracer Group sells publisher Arc Games and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios, but once again clings on to the publishing rights for Remnant 2 Old-school MMO Fellowship has its rights transferred to Coffee Stain. PC Gamer · Nov 26, 2025
Even the original Deus Ex art director isn't happy with the controversial remaster: "Oh, what the f*ck. No. This did not need to happen" "Sorry whoever was involved in this" GamesRadar · Oct 31, 2025
While Deus Ex's confounding remaster is $30, the entire series is on sale for less than $10 on Steam At normal price, they're still a competitive $54. PC Gamer · Sep 25, 2025
Borderlands 4 takes a shot at Embracer Group by naming a town filled with trash and an AI talking toilet after it Subtle as ever. PC Gamer · Sep 12, 2025
Borderlands 4 seemingly throws shade at former owner Embracer with an AI toilet and rundown town ruled by a king in a hot tub Subtle as ever, Borderlands GamesRadar · Sep 11, 2025
We're still feeling aftershocks from Microsoft's destructive July layoffs and cancellations Crystal Dynamics, which was co-developing the cancelled Perfect Dark reboot, imposed another round of layoffs today. PC Gamer · Aug 28, 2025
Deus Ex lead Warren Spector pops up to remind everyone he didn't make the game alone in a cave, wish you a happy 25th anniversary, and get me wondering if something Deus Ex-related is happening behind the scenes I said 'lead,' it's fine. PC Gamer · Jun 27, 2025
Replaced Embracer CEO wins understatement of the year, says "the road has not always been straight" after billions burned, thousands of layoffs, dozens of games canceled, and multiple studios closed Assessing the straightness of Embracer's road GamesRadar · Jun 10, 2025
Embracer CEO who oversaw the staggering $2B blunder that led to studio closures and layoffs is now set to become its executive chair, focusing on 'mergers and acquisitions and capital allocation' Lars Wingefors is stepping down as Embracer CEO, but he's not going away. PC Gamer · Jun 10, 2025
Thief VR is a huge slap in the face and kick in the teeth for everyone who has been waiting for more than a decade to return to the City This ain't it. PC Gamer · Jun 5, 2025
PC Gamer · May 22, 2025 It's a day ending in 'y' so you know what that means: Embracer Group is doing more restructuring It's amazing this lot ever get around to releasing games.
GamesRadar · May 22, 2025 Embracer spins off Coffee Stain and 250 game studios under it, including devs of Satisfactory and Deep Rock Galactic, while rebranding The Lord of the Rings group Fellowship Entertainment is still in charge of Lord of the Rings, Tomb Raider, Kingdom Come Deliverance, and more
PC Gamer · May 20, 2025 THQ Nordic studio that was set to be closed in 2023 somehow escaped the Embracer death spiral and is now working on a new RPG Campfire Cabal was ordered closed in the aftermath of Embracer's implosion, but it never actually happened.
PC Gamer · Mar 31, 2025 Eidos Montreal lays off more employees: 'We don’t have the capacity to entirely reallocate them to our other ongoing projects' The Embracer-owned studio is putting "up to 75" people out of work.
PC Gamer · Mar 26, 2025 Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics lays off 17 employees 'to better align our current business needs and the studio's future success' Crystal Dynamics is currently working on a new Tomb Raider game and is also co-developing a Perfect Dark reboot.
GamesRadar · Mar 26, 2025 5 years after Avengers, 2 years after its last layoffs, and who knows how long before Perfect Dark and Tomb Raider return, Crystal Dynamics announces another round of layoffs The news "does not alter our current project plans"
PC Gamer · Mar 18, 2025 Space Marine 2 CEO puts the boot into the Saints Row team's twitching corpse from his private jet: 'Who's going to fund them for the next game after that disaster?' Which is certainly a look.
GamesRadar · Mar 17, 2025 Saber Interactive CEO says Saints Row had to die because the games were too expensive: "The days of throwing money at games other than the GTAs of the world is over" "They didn't know what they were building. They didn't have any real direction. It couldn't last"
PC Gamer · Feb 16, 2025 Saber Interactive's head honcho pulled a wild stunt to nab the Halo: Combat Evolved remaster, telling Microsoft he'd do the job for free before ultimately squeezing the publisher for millions Strap in, folks.
PC Gamer · Feb 15, 2025 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has almost hit 2 million sales, a 'reminder' to parent company Embracer 'to bring great products to the market' We all forget that one every now and then.
GamesRadar · Feb 10, 2025 Asmodee to saddle over $920 million debt as parent company splits in 2025 Asmodee to gain a chunk of its parent company's debt in restructring