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Gothic-, Risen- ja Elex-peleistä tunnettu saksalaiskehittäjä Piranha Bytes vaikuttaisi päätyneen suljetuksi sen epäonnistuttua löytämään tietä ulos Embracer Groupin omistuksesta. Asia on tullut ilmi niin yksittäisen kehittäjän lausunnosta kuin kahden entisen kehittäjän uuden Pithead Studio -hankkeen myötä.

pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/em

Embracer Group is being the Extinguisher because it was so irresponsible with money that it never had any plans to pay back. Nor will they face any consequences for being an absolute weapon in the gaming space. The executives that run Embracer Group need to face the great dismantling instead. Fuckers.

eurogamer.net/embracer-owned-g

Eurogamer.net · Embracer-owned Gothic, Risen and ELEX developer Piranha Bytes closesBy Tom Phillips

It helps to put the devastation that is Embracer Group into numbers:

44 closed studios, 80 cancelled games, 4,500 people fired.

This is the fallout of the continuing consolidation of the video games industry. Studios are gobbled up, their IP looted, and then unceremoniously dumped.

Microsoft isn’t any better, they pull the same shit. Tencent will probably be the next “too big” investor starting to squeeze studios.

youtu.be/lkR6FD6Lyg0