• melonpunk@lemmy.world
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      Non directly, they own a lot of companies and IP. A LOT.

      Gearbox, Coffee Stain, Deep Silver, Warhorse, Aspyr, Saber, THQ Nordic, Dark Horse Comics, 3D Realms, Volition, Ghost Ship Games.

      You can put them in the same sphere as Microsoft with all their owned companies as both were out scooping them up over the last few years.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embracer_Group

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      Copied from Polygon article:

      Embracer Group owns the rights to both Tomb Raider and Lord of the Rings; it acquired Tomb Raider when it purchased Eidos, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal from Square Enix in 2022. That year, Embracer Group bought the licensing rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by buying rights holder Middle-earth Enterprises. Early this year, Embracer announced that it has five mystery Lord of the Rings games in development by external partners.