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Embracer Group: Starts eight more acquisitions, including 3D Realms, Force Field and Ghost Ship Games

The EMBRACER Group has started a great shopping tour again: The eight current studio acquisitions include according to Gematsu.com 3D Realms, Crazylabs, Digixart, Easy Trigger, Force Field, Ghost Ship Games, Grimfrost and Slipgate Ironworks. Thus, the subsidiary acquired Coffee Stain Studios 100% of the shares of Easy Trigger. According to the press release of the Embracer Group, the developer will continue to work on his brand Huntdown, but also creates new indie titles. In the case of Ghost Ship Games, only the last 70% of the shares were missing, which are now also in the hands of the Coffee Stain Studios. Again, a collaboration with the "coffee stains" is planned. 100 percent of Slipgate Ironworks go to the embracer daughter Saber Interactive.

The well-known Publisher 3D Realms from the Danish Aalborg (u.a. Duke Nukem, Ion Fury) was in turn taken over by Saber Interactive (100%). Both companies should work closely together in the future. Whole six new games are already in planning - and additionally "several exciting projects in collaboration with Slipgate IronWorks". As part of the takeover, CEO Mike Nielsen resigns; The item is taken over by Frederik Schreiber. Nielsen will in future take over a consultant activity for the companies.

Crazylabs (most successful game: Super Stylist) was according to the communication in 2020 of the mobile game publishers with the third largest download numbers: over 4.5 billion downloads and 110 million active monthly users have to have. Again, the Embracer Group grabbed 100% of the shares. The operator of Grimfrost (VaryaG Group; E-Commerce and Fan Articles) are 70% of the shares, at DigiSMART (Lost in Harmony, 11-11 Memories Retold, Road 96) 100% by Koch Media. The latter studio should continue to work independently under Koch's leadership.

Also VR developer Force Field (recently "Vertigo Studios Amsterdam", developed, etc. Landfall) in the future is 100% Koch Media. As part of Vertigo Games (After The Fall, Arizona Sunshine), Triple A titles are to be created in the VR area. The press release explains:

_ "The Force Field team will continue its activity under the new name Vertigo Studios Amsterdam. Force Field was founded in 2015 by veterans of the game industry and is one of the world's largest playground studios, which focuses exclusively on VR games. As a pioneer in the VR The area has developed the company several high-end VR titles, including the Oculus Studios title 'Landfall', 'Time Stall' and 'Coaster Combat', and is currently working on a unannounced AAA game based on a well-known IP.

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The Force Field team will continue its activity in its Amsterdam Studio under the name Vertigo Studios Amsterdam, while it will work with Vertigo Games to develop new AAA VR games for players on the most important VR platforms worldwide. The acquisition includes all FORCE FIELD business units as well as intellectual property rights.

Richard Stitselaar, CEO of Vertigo Games, says: 'With several AAA VR game productions for the coming years in the pipeline, Vertigo Games continues to expand quickly. We are very pleased that Force-Field team in the Vertigo Games family welcome, because they are known for their AAA production standards and their groundbreaking experience in the development of VR games. Together we have a big step closer to the construction of a global VR Powerhouse, which will offer players around the world even greater, high-quality and innovative VR games. '

'After years we have been at the top of the development of VR games and developed preame players and experiences for leading VR companies, we have now built a world-class VR team that is able to deliver absolute top titles 'So Arthur Houtman, CEO of Vertigo Studios Amsterdam. 'Today, as part of Vertigo Games, we enter a new growth phase, because Vertigo Games is not just one of the most successful studios for the development of VR games, but also a leading VR publisher and part of the extremely diverse global cook Media / Embracer Group, which allows us to fully exploit the potential of our company. '

This acquisition is the latest in a range of expansions of Vertigo Games, which led the company beyond VR Development into the Publishing, Out-of-Home Entertainment and Sales Area, and there are several VR brands like Arizona Sunshine and 'After the case' has established. The acquisition follows at the accession of the VR Gaming specialist to the Koch Media / Embracer Group in September 2020 as well as the acquisition of SpringboardVR, the leading out of home marketplace for VR content and its administration, early this year. This recent acquisition is another clear indication that Koch Media invests in the area of ​​VR and the associated exciting future. "_

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