The recent "large-scale acquisition" in the game industry is naturally that embracer group bought crystal power, Eidos Montreal, Se Montreal, Tomb Raider, Kane's legacy, out of siege and thief for only $300 million. In embracer's recent quarterly financial report, saber interactive CEO Matthew Karch called the deal "the steal of the century" and praised embracer CEO Lars wingerfors for his operation.
Matthew Karch said: "we recently acquired crystal power, Eidos Montreal and Se Montreal, which makes me very excited. I think it is the most cost-effective deal of this century.
I really think we've just acquired one of the best IPS in game history. There's no doubt about it. We have gained a great team in this process, and I have had the opportunity to meet them and understand them at a very basic level. It's a good thing to know them. I'm super excited about what we can do with them in the future. "
Karch obviously refers to Tomb Raider. Up to now, the sales volume of Tomb Raider series has exceeded 88 million sets, and the developer crystal power has also announced that they are building a next-generation Tomb Raider game with fantasy 5.
Saber interactive was acquired by embracer for us $525 million two years ago. Since then, the company in Florida has become one of the main operating companies of embracer group. In addition, 4A games, new world interactive, 34bigthings, mad head, Aspyr media, 3D realms and other companies were also acquired by embracer.
Saber interactive recently launched ghost player: game version, which sold more than 500000 sets in just a few days. They are also developing new works in the "painkiller" series and "Warhammer 40K: Star Warrior 2". Previously, cdpr said that it had withdrawn the development of the next generation version of wizard 3 from saber interactive, which will be in the charge of the internal team of cdpr.