Shortly after the divestment of Saber Interactive, another operative group is leaving Embracer. The Swedish holding company has just announced its decision to sell Gearbox Entertainment to Take-Two.

Embracer Group might divest another of its operative groups as part of its cost-cutting restructuring. It has been reported that Gearbox Entertainment, best known for the Borderlands series, is close to being sold out.

Risk of Rain Returns, a remastered version of the 2013 roguelike/platformer, has proven to be a success for Hopoo Games. It attracted tens of thousands of concurrent players, making a strong debut on Steam’s weekly charts.

The ongoing restructuring at Embracer Group has already affected several subsidiaries of the Swedish holding company. The latest report indicates that Gearbox Entertainment could also be in danger.

Embracer Group, which was once on an endless shopping spree, is now dumping its first-party studios as part of the ongoing business restructuring. This time, the victim was Red Faction and Saints Row developer Volition, not to mention layoffs at Gearbox Publishing.

Remnant II is selling much faster than its predecessor, proving to be a commercial success. The game has exceeded the expectations of publisher Gearbox.

Remnant II is having a successful launch, surpassing the first game in terms of peak concurrent players on Steam. Let’s take a look at its metrics and compare them to other games in Gearbox’s publishing catalog.

Ryan Smith, tech art director of R&D at Gearbox, has opened up about how the studio is already using AI in its work. He encouraged other artists to learn these tools, because they can help in solving routine tasks.

Andrew Reiner has joined Gearbox after stepping down as Game Informer’s editor-in-chief. He became a game developer after nearly 30 years at the magazine.

Ruckus Games is a new game development studio founded by former Gearbox and Riot employees. The team is now working on a co-op game built with its proprietary technology.

Gearbox Entertainment has entered into an agreement to fully acquire Lost Boys Interactive, a studio known for helping with the Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands development. This deal will contribute to Embracer Group’s expansion.

Ryan James Smith, tech art R&D director at Gearbox, has introduced a black hole model he’s been working on for a year and a half. The whole project was made with Unreal Engine.

There is a little reshuffle within the Gearbox Entertainment leadership, as Randy Pitchford has announced that he is stepping down from leading the company’s game development division. Instead, he will focus on TV and film adaptations of Gearbox games.

Borderlands developer Gearbox is launching a new studio in Montreal aptly dubbed Gearbox Studio Montreal.

Developers of upcoming RTS Homeworld 3 have been collecting donations on crowdfunding platform Fig since 2019. However, all investment reservations were cancelled after publisher Gearbox was acquired by Embracer Group.

Swedish video game holding company Embracer Group continues its shopping spree. Today the company announced three major acquisitions.

Borderlands maker Gearbox Software is suing Apogee Software, which owns 3D Realms, over the Duke Nukem IP.

2K Games announced Borderlands 3 sales figures, which mean the total revenue of the series has topped $1 billion. This is the second franchise in the history of 2K Games to have hit this mark (the first one is NBA 2K).

If you announce your game too early, you risk disappointing the community with the long wait. Thus spoke Borderlands 3 producer Chris Brock.