Saber Interactive has removed references to Embracer from its site, suggesting it’s been sold

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Saber Interactive has removed references to Embracer from its site, suggesting it’s been sold

Saber Interactive has removed references to Embracer Group from its website, suggesting reports of a ***** are accurate.

Late last month a Bloomberg report, citing a source familiar with the transaction, said the studio was being sold to a group of private investors in a deal worth up to $500 million.

At the time, the Saber website featured the studio logo above the words “an Embracer Group company”.

The site’s bio also read: “Saber Interactive is a US-based developer and publisher of video games. Consisting of over 20 studios and more than 2,500 employees worldwide, we are one of the key operative business units of Embracer Group.”

However, as noted by X user @lejooon, at some point in early March the site changed to remove references to Embracer Group, with the “an Embracer Group company” message removed from underneath the logo.

The bio has also been hastily edited, and now reads: “Saber Interactive is a US-based developer and publisher of video games. Consisting of over 20 studios and more than 2,500 employees worldwide.”

The changes suggest that Bloomberg’s report was accurate and that if a ***** hasn’t already been finalised it appeares to be imminent.

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The deal would result in Saber becoming a privately owned company with around 3,500 employees in total across its studios worldwide (including the US, Russia and Portugal).

Bloomberg’s report said Saber would also continue to work on its remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic following the deal.

Embracer has been carrying out a widespread money-saving operation, announcing in June 2023 that it was implementing a restructuring plan which would involve the closure of studios and the cancellation of projects.

The restructuring resulted in 1,387 job cuts, or about 8% of its global workforce, during the six months ended in December. This included cutting 871 internal game developers, 252 internal non-developers, and 264 external developers.

Embracer also confirmed last month that, during a six-month ******* in 2023, it cancelled 29 unannounced games.

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