Game Developer

JANUARY 4, 2023

Gearbox's purchase of Captured Dimensions marks the first game-related acquisition of 2023.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 26, 2024

This week Embracer announced that it is going to split into three separate publicly-listed game companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends. Following a disappointing yard sale, it is now splitting the company to alleviate the debt load and restructure its financing.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox To say it's been a rough year for the games industry's workforce is putting it mildly; thousands of jobs have been lost as companies restructure and downsize following rapid growth during the onset of the pandemic. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 4, 2023

Gearbox Entertainment has announced its acquisition of 3D capture company Captured Dimensions. The firm has worked with entertainment companies such as Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, 2K Games, and EA. Captured Dimensions' services include 3D printing, prop scanning and cross-polarized texture photography. Read more.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 4, 2023

Activision-Blizzard merged with King in 2015 Microsoft acquired ZeniMax in 2020 EA acquired Glu Mobile in 2021 Embracer Group bought Gearbox in 2021 Take Two bought Zynga in 2022 These kinds of behaviors are fairly normal in any major industry. Smaller companies fall on hard times and a larger company offers a rescue.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

At the same time, game companies are too often prone to short-termism, and the calculations of C-Suite mandarins, who demonstrate a callous attitude to the people who make the games that drive long-term growth and consumer satisfaction. Reports are also circulating that Embracer has ordered more layoffs at another of its offshoots, Gearbox.

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Game Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

Headlines like “New Ubisoft AI Tool Could Help Scriptwriters Create More Immersive Game Worlds,” and “Ubisoft Developing An AI Ghostwriter to Save Scriptwriters Time,” ticked the company’s core messaging boxes for the product, called Ghostwriter. There are certainly more products like Ghostwriter being developed.

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