Square Enix Sells Western Developers To Embracer Group
7So This Really Stirred Up The Monday and had a lot of People Talking about How Square Enix Sold Most if not all of its Western Developers to Embracer Group, and we Learn they want to keep investing in the Blockchain, I do get a bit heated at the end though....
Sources:
Square Enix New Years Letter:
https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/2022/html/a_new_years_letter_from_the_president_2.html
Embracer Group Letter:
https://news.cision.com/embracer-group-ab/r/embracer-group-enters-into-an-agreement-to-acquire-eidos--crystal-dynamics--and-square-enix-montreal,c3557701
Embracer Group Conference Call Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TiG0Adh-fM&t=890s
Ars Technica: Square Enix Sells Developers To Embracer
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/05/embracer-acquires-tomb-raider-deus-ex-and-all-western-square-enix-game-studios/
Gematsu:
https://www.gematsu.com/2022/05/embracer-group-to-acquire-crystal-dynamics-eidos-montreal-and-square-enix-montreal-from-square-enix
Square Enix Letter About Sale:
https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/20220502%20A_Press%20Release_fin.pdf
Protocol: Square Enix Western Developers Revenue
https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/entertainment/square-enix-tomb-raider-sale?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
Nibellion Tweet About Sleeping Dogs:
https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1521036387591639046
Gamespot:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/square-enix-ceos-new-years-letter-discusses-nfts-metaverse-blockchain-and-more/1100-6499258/
Game Developer: Square Enix CEO Still Eager About NFT
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/square-enix-ceo-yosuke-matsuda-still-eager-to-publish-blockchain-games
GameRant: Guardians Of Galaxy Underperformed
https://gamerant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-underperformed-sales/
Gamespot: Tomb Raider Failed To Reach Target
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tomb-raider-fails-to-reach-sales-target/1100-6405929/
PCGamer: Avengers Underperformed
https://www.pcgamer.com/square-enix-reports-losses-following-release-of-underperforming-marvels-avengers/
Eurogamer: Babylon Fall Low Player Count
https://www.eurogamer.net/deus-ex-mankind-divided-tops-uk-chart-but-human-revolution-sales-were-much-stronger
Eurogamer: Deus Ex Mankind Sold Less
https://www.eurogamer.net/deus-ex-mankind-divided-tops-uk-chart-but-human-revolution-sales-were-much-stronger
Front Office Sports: Sony Acquisitions
https://frontofficesports.com/sony-continues-to-add-to-gaming-acquisitions/
Comicbook: Xbox Acquisitions
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/xbox-job-listing-more-video-game-acquisitions-mergers-activision-blizzard/
Ars Technica: Linking Metacritic Scores To Bonuses
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/03/why-linking-developer-bonuses-to-metacritic-scores-should-come-to-an-end/
Yoshi P Talking About NFTs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRpdIL7_NII
MMOFallout: Ubisoft Quartz Barely Sold
https://mmofallout.com/ubisoft-quartz-hasnt-broken-800-in-sales/#:~:text=According%20to%20third%20party%20marketplace,translates%20to%20about%20%24712%20USD.
IGN: Stalker 2 Developers Backtracks From NFTs
https://www.ign.com/articles/stalker-2-nfts-response
Kotaku: Andrew Wilson Abandons NFts
https://kotaku.com/nfts-ea-fifa-madden-apex-legends-crypto-scam-loot-boxes-1848467337
Gamespot: Game Developers Aren't into NFTs
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-developers-arent-into-nfts-or-crypto-according-to-gdc-survey/1100-6499820/