The past year or so has been a slow-moving trainwreck for Embracer Group, following the large company’s unprecedented studio acquisition spree. And, after announcing on April 22 that the company was planning to split itself up into three different companies, the CEO of Embracer is only filled with excuses as to why his gaming empire crumbled, blaming everything from covid-19 to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a new interview with Gamedeveloper.
” Embracer is dying, but not because you all hated it Oh, and the Embracer name is going away, but not because people despised the company after it laid off employees, closed studios, killed projects, and failed to produce many games. No, it has nothing to do with that at all, says the CEO.