Embracer Group
Embracer Group is a holding company based in Sweden that rose to prominence in 2020 after acquiring over 100 studios. By 2024, many of these studios were either closed or divested.
Overview
Embracer Group AB was founded in 2011 as Nordic Games Licensing AB, the parent company of Nordic Games. Since 2011, Embracer Group has acquired a great many of development studios as well as intellectual properties from defunct studios.
Subsidiaries
The company once consisted of twelve separate operative groups that maintain a total of 135 studios in forty-five countries. In April 2024, the company restructured into three main groups; Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends.
Amplifier Game Invest
Asmodee
Coffee Stain Holding
Dark Horse Media
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|
| Dark Horse Comics | Milwaukie | December 2021 |
| Dark Horse Entertainment | | December 2021 |
Easybrain
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|
| Easybrain | Limassol | April 2021 |
Embracer Freemode
Formerly Gearbox Group
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|
| Captured Dimensions | Frisco | April 2021 |
| Cryptic Studios | Los Gatos | December 2021 |
| Gearbox Publishing San Francisco (Arc Games) | Redwood City | December 2021 |
| Lost Boys Interactive | Madison | April 2022 |
Formerly Saber Group
Other
Studio Closures
| Studio | Location | Acquired | Closed |
|---|
| Campfire Cabal | | September 2022 | August 2023 |
| Deep Silver Free Radical Design | Nottingham | May 2021 | December 2023 |
| Deep Silver Volition | Champaign | February 2018 | August 2023 |
| Onoma (Square Enix Montreal) | Montreal | May 2022 | November 2002 |
| Plucky Bytes | | November 2020 | 2023 |
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Divested Studios
