News spread online last night that Embracer Group is considering selling Gearbox, the developer of the Borderlands series. Now foreign media Bloomberg has confirmed the news. They obtained an email issued by Gearbox CCO to employees, which mentioned some new information.
According to the description of the email, the matter has not yet been settled. Embracer and Gearbox are considering a number of different options. The most basic option is to remain unchanged, and Gearbox will remain under Embracer; in addition, it is also possible to transfer Gearbox, or Gearbox Simply go it alone, and some other options not explicitly mentioned. In short, they will choose the path that is most beneficial to Gearbox and Embracer.
Embracer is a large holding company in Sweden that has acquired a series of well-known game studios; they just acquired Gearbox, the developer of the "Borderlands" series, for US$1.3 billion in 2021, but now Embracer has encountered some difficulties, and its Several studios have been restructured, including the recent disbandment of "Saints Row" developer Volition Games.