Aspyr Media Inc. has announced that it will release an enhanced port of 2005’s
Star Wars Republic Commando for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on April 6th. The game was first released on the Xbox and PC, and later made available on the Xbox One via backwards compatibility. This will mark the first time
Republic Commando will make its way to PlayStation platforms, and it will come with the coveted Platinum trophy.
“Trust me, we’ve read many, many, many tweets and comments requesting it,” Aspyr wrote on the PlayStation blog. “We’re happy to say that your requests will finally be answered.”
Embracer of Sweden acquires three new gaming companies
04 Feb, 2021
THQ Nordic and
Gearbox, the developer of first-person shooter game
Borderlands, for up to $2.5 billion.
Embracer, known for games such as
Darksiders and
World War Z, will initially pay Gearbox $363 million with a commitment to pay an additional $ 1 billion over the next six years, dependent on conditions met.
The other two companies it bought are Cyprus-based
Easybrain, a maker of advertising-based puzzles and logic games, for $ 640 million with an additional $ 125 million to be paid over the next six years. And US-based
Aspyr Media Inc for $ 100 million, along with a target-based payment of an additional $ 350 million.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden’s Embracer agreed on Wednesday to buy three gaming companies including U.S.-based Gearbox, which makes the first-person shooter game Borderlands, for up to $2.5 billion.
Since going public in 2016 Embracer has been in a race with France’s Ubisoft, of Assassin’s Creed fame, and Poland’s CD Projekt, maker of Cyberpunk 2077, to become the biggest European gaming company.
Embracer’s shares rose 10% to 221 Swedish crowns on news of the deals, which are in a mixture of stock and cash.
Analysts at Citigroup said in a client note that the deals are likely to be accretive to consensus earnings from the get-go and they appear to make sense strategically, particularly the Easybrain takeover, which moves Embracer further into mobile.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden’s Embracer agreed on Wednesday to buy three gaming companies including U.S.-based Gearbox, which makes the first-person shooter game Borderlands, for up to $2.5 billion.
Since going public in 2016 Embracer has been in a race with France’s Ubisoft, of Assassin’s Creed fame, and Poland’s CD Projekt, maker of Cyberpunk 2077, to become the biggest European gaming company.
Embracer’s shares rose 10% to 221 Swedish crowns on news of the deals, which are in a mixture of stock and cash.
Analysts at Citigroup said in a client note that the deals are likely to be accretive to consensus earnings from the get-go and they appear to make sense strategically, particularly the Easybrain takeover, which moves Embracer further into mobile.
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STOCKHOLM Swedish video game group Embracer on Wednesday agreed to buy three gaming companies including U.S.-based Gearbox, the maker of first-person shooter game Borderlands, for up to $2.5 billion in cash and stock.
The company, known for games such as Darksiders and World War Z, will pay Gearbox $363 million initially with a commitment to pay another $1 billion in the next six years if certain operational and financial conditions are met.
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