Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake studio frees itself from flailing corporate overlords in $247m deal, but smaller studios haven't been so lucky
Metro studio 4A Games is report🌌edly also ꧙being sold

Embrac✨er Group has reportedly sold Saber Interactive for just shy of $500 million, after it was reported to♐ be in the process of selling the studio last month.
In February, it was reported that embattled parent company Embracer Group was selling the Staꦯr Wars: Kni𒉰ghts of the Old Republic remake developer for around $500 milliꦰon. Today, Embracer Group has the sale of Saber Interactive for $247 million, although the finer details aren't quite that simple.
While Saber Interactive is splitting from the parent company, subsidiary studios that Saber Interactive previously owned are staying🐼 behind under the ownership of Embracer Group. T♓hese include Metro developer 4A Games, Aspyr Media, Beamdog, Demiurge Studios, Shiver, Snapshot Games, Tripwire Interactive, Tuxedo Labs, and Zen Studios.
4A Games and Zen Studios can be purchased by Saber Interactive within a seᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt time period, although we don't know what the deadline for the transaction is. There's currently no indication that Saber will actually purchase back the two subsidiary studios, but even if they do, the rights to the Metro franchise will be staying with Embracer Group.
Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier claims that Saber Interactive has already taken the option to acquire 4A Games and Zen Studios. Embracer's announcement today apparently⭕ omitted the fact that the option to purchase the t♔wo studios from it had already been taken by Saber Interactive.
In a letter to staff obtained by Bloomberg News, new Saber CEO Matt Karch confirms that they’ve already decided to take 4A and Zen, despite messaging from Embracer suggesting that it may retain the two studios: picಞ.twitter.com/RtYVL9qUUJ
Aside from the option, Saber In🐬teractive will be retaining a number of studios, including Nimble Giant, 3D Realms, Sandbox Strategies, Slipgate Ironworks, Mad Head Games, Fractured Byte, and Digic.
The pipeline of games that have been retained by Embracer Group, despite the sale, amounts to 14 games in total. This includes one AAA game from 4A Games, a new multiplayer shooter based on an estabཧlished franchise, a previously announced AAA game based on a major franchise, Teardown, and Killing Floor 3 from Tripwire Interactive. Even though 4A Games has apparently been purchased by Saber, it'll still seemingly produce🐻 a new game for Embracer.
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This all follows Embracer Group canceling 29 unannounced games and shuttering seven studios within six month♔s last year after a reported $2 billion deal to invest in the parent com🌺pany fell through. We're♛ still seeing the fallout of the deal falling through now, which is why Embracer Group has sold Saber Interactive, and could still sell 4A Games and Zen Studios.
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Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japꦬanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.