The DeanBeat: Has the game industry hit its peak with crazy valuations or just begun its growth?
Money is pouring into the game industry, and I’m not just talking about GameStop’s crazy stock rise. I wrote about this last week, and...
Randy Pitchford: The magic behind Gearbox’s merger with Embracer Group
Gearbox Entertainment CEO Randy Pitchford said that selling his company to Embracer Group for up to $1.3 billion in cash and stock will be...
Embracer Group acquires Aspyr Media for up to $450 million
Embracer Group subsidiary Saber Interactive has agreed to buy Aspyr Media for $100 million, plus $350 million in possible bonuses. The deal is the...
Embracer Group acquires mobile game maker Easybrain for $640 million
Fresh off of the $1.3 billion acquisition of Gearbox Entertainment today, Embracer Group has also acquired mobile game maker Easybrain in Cyprus for at...
Why THQ Nordic has joined the game studio acquisition binge
On November 17, Embracer Group (a game publisher formed from the combination of THQ Nordic and Nordic Games Publishing) announced the acquisition of a dozen...
Former id Software president Todd Hollenshead takes over publishing at Saber
Saber Interactive is a studio on the upswing. The rapidly expanding publisher Embracer Group acquired Saber for $525 million earlier this year. This came...
Embracer Group acquires 12 game studios and a PR firm (updated)
Somebody better tell Embracer Group (formerly THQ Nordic and Nordic Games Publishing) to slow down, because the game publisher just decided to acquire 12...
Why game companies are touting the number of games in the works
In the past couple of days, two of the biggest companies in the industry touted the number of games they have in the works....
Embracer Group is making 118 games including 69 unannounced titles
Embracer Group, formerly known as THQ Nordic, announced that it has 118 games under development, including 69 unannounced titles. That sounds a bit crazy,...
Embracer acquires karaoke-game dev Voxler
If television has taught me anything, it is that every human yearns to be on a karaoke reality show. American Idol, The Masked Singer, and The...