This year, New World Interactive Studio turned 13 years old. It is quite possible that she will not live to see her next birthday.

The owners of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II — The Sith Lords version for Nintendo Switch sued Aspyr Media and Saber Interactive. Gamers are unhappy that companies have changed their minds about releasing DLC with cut content.

On the morning of June 13, the Swedish holding Embracer Group announced a restructuring and immediately reshuffled its management. He announced that one of the founders of Saber Interactive, Matthew Karch, is stepping down as CEO of the company.

Saber Interactive sued Oovee Game Studios, which in 2014 released an off-road driving simulator Spintires. She accused the publisher of slander. Earlier, he stated that Saber Interactive violated the agreement concluded between them and owed “tens of millions of dollars.”

Matthew Karch shared his opinion during the presentation of the quarterly report of Embracer Group, the parent company of Saber Interactive. He noted that now the success of the games is much more influenced by the quality of the titles themselves, the hype on social networks and the reviews of influencers.

Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch mentioned the success of the game during a conversation with investors. According to him, Evil Dead: The Game performed better at the start than World War Z did at the time and received higher ratings on Metacritic than Dead by Daylight.

In November 2020, Saber Interactive, a subsidiary of Embracer Group, acquired a 100% stake in the Italian studio 34BigThings. We contacted Valerio Di Donato, CEO of 34BigThings, to discuss the implications of the takeover for a studio that has always prided itself on its freedom and “strangeness.”

Publications appeared in the Russian media, according to which CD Projekt RED stopped cooperating with Saber Interactive. As a result of the gap, the latter stops working on The Witcher 3 version for current-generation consoles.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Andrey Iones, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Saber Interactive.

At the last The Game Awards, Saber Interactive studio announced the sequel to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. The creation of a third-person shooter is handled by a division from St. Petersburg, and the head of the World War Z team heads the development.

Russian games perform well in sales. Yesterday they got three lines at once in the world’s top 10 Steam bestsellers, including the first one. It’s about Potion Craft and World War Z: Aftermath.

The Swedish holding Embracer Group has become the owner of another Russian studio. Through a subsidiary of Saber Interactive, he acquired the Saransk company Bytex. The transaction amount is unknown.

The Swedish Embracer Group does not stop buying up gaming companies. Today, the holding announced the acquisition of three more developers. All of them came under the control of Saber Interactive. The amount of the transaction is not called.

We continue to summarize the results of 2020 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Andrei Iones, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Saber Interactive.

Swedish holding Embracer Group continues to buy up gaming companies. Today, the company announced the acquisition of one PR agency and 12 studios, six of which came under the control of Saber Interactive. Now the holding has 135 titles in development at once.List of acquired companies

Over the past two years, Saber Interactive has been increasingly heard about. In 2019, a company with Russian roots celebrated the successful launch of World War Z and the Switch port of The Witcher 3. This year Saber joined the Embracer Group, and then became the owner of 4A Games. The news about her did not stop there. For example, the Crysis remaster she created was released just the other day. Against the background of…

Embracer Group Holding announced a major purchase. Through a subsidiary of Saber Interactive, he acquired 100% of Maltese 4A Games. The latter is known as the developer of the Metro shooter series. The transaction amount may amount to $80 million.

Saber Interactive, partially based in Russia, will join the Embracer Group. It will become the fifth operating group of the holding, formerly known as THQ Nordic AB.

We continue to summarize the results of 2019 together with the heads of gaming companies and market experts. Next up is an interview with Saber Interactive‘s Chief Operating Officer, Andrey Iones. He told App2Top how 2019 went for the company.