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Swedish gaming company Embracer Group AB will sell one of its largest subsidiaries, Saber Interactive, to a group of private investors in a deal worth up to $500 million (roughly Rs. 4,142 crore), according to a person familiar with the transaction.

Embracer is closing in on sales of Saber Interactive and Gearbox, it’s reported, with the company looking to shed two of its most noteworthy acquisitions of the last few years in an effort to dig itself out of a financial hole.

Embracer is closing in on sales of Saber Interactive and Gearbox, it’s reported, with the company looking to shed two of its most noteworthy acquisitions of the last few years in an effort to dig itself out of a financial hole.

Embracer Group gobbled up a lot of studios during its 2020-era spending spree, but perhaps the biggest acquisitions were Saber Interactive (World War Z, many, many ports) and Gearbox Software (Borderlands). It’s clear Embracer had big plans for Saber and Gearbox, as both were spun into entire company divisions with other smaller studios reporting to them, but those plans have changed – Embracer’s fortunes took a turn when a $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia fell through and the company has been desperately cutting costs since. Apparently, this means two of their crown jewels have to go.

Bloomberg is reporting that Saber Interactive, the developers reportedly working on a remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, is being sold by Embracer Group to a private investment group.

Embracer Group will sell Saber Interactive to a group of private investors in a deal worth up to $500 million, according to a Bloomberg report citing a person familiar with the transaction.

Embracer Group are reportedly selling off Saber Interactive, the company behind the Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic remake and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 among many other things. Apparently, Saber are being flogged to a group of private investors for "up to" $500 million.

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Despite rumours that the project had been cancelled altogether, it seems that Saber Interactive is still working on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake.

Amid studio closures and layoffs at The Embracer Group, one of its biggest studios, Saber Interactive, is reportedly separating. Speaking to someone familiar with the deal, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports that a group of private investors have acquired the studio for up to $500 million.

Embracer Group is set to sell Saber Interactive in a deal worth up to $500m, according to a report from Bloomberg.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake developer Saber Interactive has reportedly left embattled parent company Embracer in a $500 million deal to become a privately owned company.

Embracer Group is reportedly set to sell Saber Interactive in a deal worth up to $500 million.

Thank your own personal deity—possibly Minerva—it's Friday! I don't know if you've noticed yet, but we have an unusually busy Q1 this year, thanks to the imminent arrivals of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, Helldivers II, and more. Actually, that last one dropped this morning. I'm only in the early hours yet, and it's already delivering the co-op goods (and Republican Space Rangers comedy) so far. One to keep an eye on.

Single-player action-adventure game Jurassic Park: Survival has been announced at The Game Awards.

It's official, dinosaurs are In again. Saber Interactive, Universal City Studios and Amblin Entertainment have unveiled Jurassic Park: Survival, a new first-person single player action-adventure based on Spielberg's 1993 monster movie starring a new character, InGen scientist Dr. Maya Joshi, who missed her chance to evacuate Isla Nublar alongside the movie's cast. Classic videogame origin story - the Hollywood actors surf off into the sunset, leaving your B-team protagonist to pick up the pieces.

Today there was a good change to how Rogues' Deadly Brew, Saber Slash, and Envenom runes work while in groups with other rogues in Classic World of Warcraft Season of Discovery. Now all of these rune abilities work like you would except — two rogues, two Deadly Brewers, two stacks of Deadly Poison on the target and no problem at all. Prior to this change the Deadly Poison that triggered from the very powerful Deadly Brew rune could only be applied by one Rogue per target.

The Knights of the Old Republic remake is still being worked on by at least two developers at Saber Interactive, it’s claimed.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old – Republic has been caught in a vortex of behind-the-scenes drama ever since its announcement, with the project having been taken off developer Aspyr Media and handed over to Saber Interactive last year, along with being hit with an indefinite delay. Recently, journalist Jeff Grubb claimed, however, that development on the remake had stopped altogether, even at Saber, throwing into question whether the title will ever see the light of day.

Get ready to slash. Beat Saber is cranking up the amps with a music pack from the unparalleled rock legends, The Rolling Stones, in celebration of Hackney Diamonds, their first album in 18 years. Players can now slash cubes to new singles, like Angry, Live by the Sword, and epic classics like Paint It Black and Start Me Up.

We are excited to announce our latest launch – an eight-track music pack that includes new songs and iconic hits from Linkin Park and Mike Shinoda. This is a huge moment for Beat Saber, because it is the first time our platform has debuted a song for a major recording artist; Mike Shinoda’s new track “Already Over” is exclusively launching on Beat Saber ahead of its official global release. Fans will get to experience his music here first along with massive Linkin Park hits like “Numb/Encore”, “Crawling” and “Lost”.

Developer Aspyr and publisher Saber Interactive have been caught up in a class action lawsuit over the canceled Star WarsKnights of the Old Republic 2: Sith Lords DLC for Nintendo Switch.

Aspyr and Saber Interactive are facing a class action lawsuit over their decision to cancel Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 DLC originally advertised for last year’s Switch port.

Much like the video game adaptations of Friday the 13th and Predator: Hunting Grounds before it, Evil Dead: The Game attempted to latch onto the growing trend of asymmetrical multiplayer horror games, with one player controlling a powerful monster while the remaining players try to avoid it or take it down.