Embracer Group enters into agreements to acquire: Tripwire Interactive, Tuxedo Labs, Lord of the Rings IP, Singtrix, and Limited Run Games – announced all in one day!
Tripwire: Agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of US developer and publisher Tripwire Interactive from its four current owners. Tripwire Interactive is well-known for the Killing Floor and Rising Storm series and their recent best-seller Maneater, as well as their publishing division Tripwire Presents.
Tuxedo Labs: Agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Swedish developer Tuxedo Labs. They are best known for creating the voxel-based destruction PC game Teardown. Embracer will be adding Dennis Gustafsson, Tuxedo Labs’ founder and CTO, and his team of five.
Lord of the Rings IP: Agreement to acquire Middle-earth Enterprises, a division of The Saul Zaentz Company, which owns the intellectual property catalog and worldwide rights to motion pictures, video games, board games, merchandising, theme parks, and stage productions relating to the iconic fantasy literary works The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Singtrix: Agreement to acquire Singtrix LLC from its founders. Singtrix is a vocal processing effects technology for karaoke, gaming, and entertainment. The Singtrix team has a 25-year history of developing iconic music games and is noted as the first to patent the core technology behind the Guitar Hero Franchise.
Limited Run Games: Agreement to acquire Limited Run Games, Inc. from its founders Josh Fairhurst and Douglas Bogart. Limited Run is a global leading collector-focused publisher of physical video games with a strong brand, established direct-to-consumer channels, and owns the development technology Carbon Engine that ports retro games to modern platforms.
