- Name
- Embracer Group
- Abbreviation
- Founded
- Location
- Karlstad,Värmland,Sweden
- Website
- https://embracer.com/
- Aliases
- Nordic Games Licensing
Embracer Group
Karlstad,Värmland,Sweden
Embracer Group is a holding company based in Sweden that rose to prominence in 2020 after acquiring over 100 studios. By 2024, many of these studios were either closed or divested.
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Overview
Embracer Group AB was founded in 2011 as Nordic Games Licensing AB, the parent company of Nordic Games. Since 2011, Embracer Group has acquired a great many of development studios as well as intellectual properties from defunct studios.
Subsidiaries
The company once consisted of twelve separate operative groups that maintain a total of 135 studios in forty-five countries. In April 2024, the company restructured into three main groups; Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends.
Amplifier Game Invest
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| C77 Entertainment | Seattle (Location) | January 2020 |
| Creative Endeavor | Gothenburg (Location) | February 2022 |
| DESTINYbit (Company) | Ravenna | May 2020 |
| Fall Damage (Company) | Stockholm (Location) | 2017 |
| Frame Break | Skövde | May 2021 |
| Framebunker | Copenhagen (Location) | 2019 |
| Goose Byte | Montreal (Location) | October 2021 |
| Green Tile Digital (Company) | Skövde | December 2021 |
| Invisible Walls (Company) | Copenhagen | March 2022 |
| Kavalri Games | Stockholm | 2019 |
| Misc Games (Company) | Stavanger | 2019 |
| Neon Giant (Company) | Uppsala | 2019 |
| Palindrome Interactive (Company) | Skövde | August 2020 |
| Plucky Bytes | Karlstad | November 2020 |
| Rare Earth Games | Vienna | August 2020 |
| River End Games | Gothenburg | January 2020 |
| Silent Games | Newcastle upon Tyne | November 2020 |
| Tarsier Studios (Company) | Malmö | December 2019 |
| Vermila Studios | Madrid (Location) | August 2020 |
| Zapper Games | Raleigh (Location) | October 2021 |
Asmodee
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| Asmodee Digital | Guyancourt | December 2021 |
Coffee Stain Holding
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| Box Dragon (Company) | Gothenburg (Location) | August 2021 |
| Coffee Stain Malmö | Malmö | 2021 |
| Coffee Stain North | Stockholm (Location) | November 2018 |
| Coffee Stain Publishing | Skövde | November 2018 |
| Coffee Stain Studios (Company) | Skövde | November 2018 |
| Easy Trigger Games (Company) | Trollhättan | August 2021 |
| Ghost Ship Games (Company) | Copenhagen (Location) | August 2021 |
| Lavapotion (Company) | Gothenburg | November 2018 |
Dark Horse Media
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Horse Comics | Milwaukie | December 2021 |
| Dark Horse Entertainment | December 2021 |
DECA Games
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| A Thinking Ape | Vancouver (Location) | November 2020 |
| Crazy Labs | Tel Aviv (Location) | August 2021 |
| Firescore Interactive | Mumbai (Location) | August 2021 |
| IUGO Mobile Entertainment | Vancouver | November 2020 |
| Jufeng Studio | Beijing (Location) | October 2021 |
Easybrain
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| Easybrain | Limassol (Location) | April 2021 |
Embracer Freemode
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| Bitwave | Gothenburg (Location) | August 2022 |
| Gioteck | Clevedon | August 2022 |
| Limited Run Games (Company) | Cary, North Carolina (Location) | August 2022 |
| Middle-earth Enterprises | Berkeley | August 2022 |
| Singtrix | New York City (Location) | August 2022 |
| Tatsujin (Company) | Tokyo (Location) | December 2021 |
| Tripwire Interactive | Roswell, Georgia (Location) | August 2022 |
| Tuxedo Labs (Company) | Malmö | August 2022 |
Formerly Gearbox Group
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| Captured Dimensions | Frisco | April 2021 |
| Cryptic Studios (Company) | Los Gatos | December 2021 |
| Gearbox Publishing San Francisco (Arc Games) | Redwood City | December 2021 |
| Lost Boys Interactive | Madison | April 2022 |
Koch Media
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| Deep Silver Dambuster Studios | Nottingham (Location) | February 2018 |
| Deep Silver Fishlabs (Company) | Hamburg (Location) | February 2018 |
| Digixart (Company) | Montpellier (Location) | August 2021 |
| Force Field | Amsterdam (Location) | August 2021 |
| Flying Wild Hog | Warsaw (Location) | November 2020 |
| Flying Wild Hog Cracow | Cracow | November 2020 |
| Flying Wild Hog Rzeszów | Rzeszów | November 2020 |
| Milestone s.r.l. | Milan (Location) | August 2019 |
| Prime Matter (Company) | Munich (Location) | June 2021 |
| Ravenscourt (Company) | Munich | 2014 |
| Splatter Connect | Manchester (Location) | October 2021 |
| Spotfilm Networkx | Berlin (Location) | December 2021 |
| SpringboardVR | Los Angeles (Location) | February 2021 |
| Vertigo Arcade | Los Angeles | September 2020 |
| Vertigo Publishing | New York City (Location) | September 2020 |
| Vertigo Studios | Rotterdam (Location) | September 2020 |
| Voxler (Company) | Paris (Location) | February 2020 |
| Warhorse Studios (Company) | Prague (Location) | February 2019 |
Formerly Saber Group
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| 34BigThings (Company) | Turin | November 2020 |
| 4A Games (Company) | Sliema | August 2020 |
| Aspyr Media | Austin | April 2021 |
| Beamdog (Company) | Edmonton (Location) | April 2022 |
| Demiurge Studios (Company) | Cambridge | August 2021 |
| Shiver Entertainment (Company) | Miami (Location) | December 2021 |
| Snapshot Games | Sofia (Location) | November 2020 |
| Zen Studios | Budapest | November 2020 |
THQ Nordic (Company)
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| Alkimia Interactive (Company) | Barcelona (Location) | 2018 |
| Appeal Studios | Belgium (Location) | May 2021 |
| Ashborne Games | Brno | November 2020 |
| Black Forest Games (Company) | Offenburg | August 2017 |
| Bugbear Entertainment | Helsinki | November 2018 |
| Experiment 101 | Stockholm (Location) | November 2017 |
| Gate 21 | Sarajevo | May 2021 |
| Grimlore Games (Company) | Munich (Location) | December 2013 |
| Gunfire Games (Company) | Austin | August 2019 |
| HandyGames (Company) | Giebelstadt | July 2018 |
| Kaiko (Company) | Frankfurt (Location) | May 2021 |
| Massive Miniteam (Company) | Cologne (Location) | May 2021 |
| Mirage Game Studios (Company) | Karlstad | 2016 |
| Nine Rocks Games | Bratislava | February 2020 |
| Pieces Interactive (Company) | Skövde | August 2017 |
| Piranha Bytes | Essen | May 2019 |
| Pow Wow Entertainment | Vienna (Location) | August 2020 |
| Purple Lamp Studios (Company) | Vienna | November 2020 |
| Rainbow Studios | Phoenix | 2013 |
| Rainbow Studios Montréal | Montréal | September 2020 |
| THQ Nordic France SAS | Paris (Location) | May 2021 |
Other
| Studio | Location | Acquired |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal Dynamics (Company) | Redwood City | May 2022 |
| Eidos-Montréal | Montreal (Location) | May 2022 |
Studio Closures
| Studio | Location | Acquired | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campfire Cabal | September 2022 | August 2023 | |
| Deep Silver Free Radical Design (Company) | Nottingham | May 2021 | December 2023 |
| Deep Silver Volition | Champaign | February 2018 | August 2023 |
| Onoma (Company) (Square Enix Montreal) | Montreal | May 2022 | November 2002 |
| Plucky Bytes | November 2020 | 2023 | |
Divested Studios
| Studio | Location | Acquired | Divested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Realms Entertainment (Company) | Aalborg | August 2021 | March 2024 |
| Bytex | Saransk | September 2021 | March 2024 |
| Digic Pictures | Budapest (Location) | December 2021 | March 2024 |
| Foxglove Studios | 2016 | 2019 | |
| Fractured Byte | Tallinn | August 2021 | March 2024 |
| Gearbox Montréal | Montreal (Location) | August 2021 | March 2021 |
| Gearbox Publishing (Company) | Frisco | April 2021 | March 2024 |
| Gearbox Software | Frisco | April 2021 | March 2024 |
| Gearbox Studio Québec | Québec City | April 2021 | March 2024 |
| Goose Byte | December 2021 | August 2023 | |
| Mad Head Games (Company) | Belgrade (Location) | November 2020 | March 2024 |
| New World Interactive (Company) | Denver (Location) | August 2020 | March 2024 |
| Nimble Giant | Buenos Aires (Location) | November 2020 | March 2024 |
| Saber Interactive (Company) | Maplewood | February 2020 | March 2024 |
| Sandbox Strategies | New York City (Location) | March 2024 | |
| Slipgate Ironworks (Company) | Aalborg | August 2021 | March 2024 |
| SmartPhone Labs | Veliky Novgorod | August 2021 | March 2024 |
| Stuntworks | New York | March 2024 | |
| Vermila Studios | August 2020 | 2023 |
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Published Games
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