Embracer Group AB (\u201dEmbracer\u201d) has entered into an agreement to acquire the development studios Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montr\u00e9al, Square Enix Montr\u00e9al, and a catalogue of IPs including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain and more than 50 back-catalogue games from SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (\u201cSquare Enix Holdings\u201d). In total, the acquisition includes ~1,100 employees across three studios and eight global locations. The total purchase price amounts to USD 300 million on a cash and debt free basis, to be paid in full at closing. Embracer has secured additional long-term debt funding commitments for this and other transactions in the pipeline. The company today reiterates its current Operational EBIT forecast for FY 21\/22, FY 22\/23, and FY 23\/24. The transaction is subject to various regulatory and other external approvals and is expected to close during the second quarter of Embracer\u2019s financial year 22\/23 (July-September 2022).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Three of Square Enix’s development studios will be acquired by holding company Embracer Group in a $300 million deal, as Embracer has announced in a press release. (via) Das Jahr 2022 wird in der Gaming-Branche auf jeden Fall durch viele \u00dcbernahmen von Entwicklerstudios durch gr\u00f6\u00dfere Unternehmen gepr\u00e4gt. Dazu geh\u00f6ren beispielsweise die \u00dcbernahme von Activision Blizzard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10647,"featured_media":90721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[12865,4274,4227,12866],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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