video game franchises Tomb Raider, Deux Ex, Legacy of Kain y Thief They have changed ownership. Japanese company Square Enix has sold its western studios to The Embracer Group, a corporation that continues to amass more and more video game studios, including some well-known and popular ones. The acquisition has been for just 300 million dollars (as a comparison, Microsoft bought Bethesda for 7,500 million dollars, not to mention the 70,000 million dollars that paid for Activision Blizzard).
Exactly, Square Enix has sold Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal and Square Enix Montreal, in conjunction with the franchises Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain, Deus Ex y Thief. These studios have also been responsible for the development of games like Marvel’s Avengers and the recent Guardians of the Galaxy. According to the sale announcement, these studios are currently working on several AAA game projects, including the next installment in the saga. Tomb Raiderwhich hAbout a decade ago it received a reboot of great quality and with considerable success. Square Enix bought Eidos and Crystal Dynamics in 2009 and since then they have repeatedly mentioned that games from these studios (especially recent ones) they were not successful what did you expect.
The new owners of these franchises and their studios are The Embracer Group, a corporation that in recent years has acquired a number of video game studios and companies, such as Gearbox (creators of the Borderlands), 3D Realm (Duke Nukem) and THQ Nordic. Now, these studios join the ranks of a company that will undoubtedly make more and more noise in the world of video games.[via[víaPolygon]
