Saber Interactive has done what most of the developers under Embracer Group for the last few years would’ve wanted to do – it split off from the company and will avoid future layoffs or even potential closure at the hands of Lars Wingefors.
Despite this joyous news for Saber and its employees, this could spell the end for a number of coming projects from Saber. Thankfully, those fears need not take root.
Soon after the confirmation broke that Saber had officially been sold, Tim Willits, chief operating officer at Saber took to his personal Twitter account to calm the nerves of those concerned a project they were looking forward to, had been cancelled.
“I have received a lot of questions concerning the status of some of our previously announced projects now that Saber has separated from Embracer,” said Willits.
“I’m happy to confirm we’re still working on a number of titles, including Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, and Jurassic Park: Survival. We’re so excited about these titles and can’t wait to share more with everyone soon.”
https://twitter.com/TimWillits/status/1768320347969917034
While Willits doesn’t call it out specifically, listed under “a number of titles” would also seem to be the coming Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Remake, according to a report following the sale confirmation.
The KOTOR Remake still being ‘a go’ was also part of the original report details of the sale, back before it was confirmed to have taken place.
It’s good to see that Saber Interactive has been able to get out of Embracer mostly unscathed, though there were layoffs at Saber owned studios 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks.
Source – [Tim Willits on Twitter]