The satan is within the element they at all times say and that appears to be the case with the latest sale of over 50 IPs and three studios by Sq. Enix to the Embracer Group. Right here’s a part of the assertion Embracer put out on the time.
Embracer Group AB (”Embracer”) has entered into an settlement to amass the event studios Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Sq. Enix Montréal, and a list of IPs together with Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain and greater than 50 back-catalogue video games from SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (“Sq. Enix Holdings”). In complete, the acquisition contains ~1,100 workers throughout three studios and eight international areas. The full buy worth quantities to USD 300 million on a money and debt free foundation, to be paid in full at closing.
Right now, Crystal Dynamics, one of many studios bought to Embracer, launched their very own assertion.
We’re excited to tell you that Crystal Dynamics has taken management of a number of recreation franchises—together with TOMB RAIDER and Legacy of Kain—from the video games’ earlier proprietor, Sq. Enix Restricted. Because of this modification, Crystal Dynamics (or its affiliate) is now the proprietor of those video games and the controller of the gameplay and private information associated to them.
It seems that moderately than Embracer shopping for Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics purchased Tomb Raider after which Embracer purchased Crystal Dynamics. In addition they seek advice from Embracer as an “affiliate” which is attention-grabbing wording.
This does recommend that if Crystal Dynamics have been to be bought once more they’d take Tomb Raider, Legacy Kain and no matter different video games they personal with them. Crystal Dynamics is simply coming into pre-production of a brand new Tomb Raider recreation utilizing Unreal Engine 5, and has been introduced in by Microsoft to co-develop the Good Darkish reboot. There’s no information on a recreation within the Legacy of Kain franchise, a lot to the web’s annoyance.
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