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More major changes are afoot on the business side of the video game world, as a notable name is changing hands once again. Take-Two Interactive (the parent company of Grand Theft Auto publisher Rockstar and others) has <\/a> to buy Gearbox Entertainment from the embattled Embracer Group. The deal is worth $460 million in stock and is expected to close by June 30. It had been <\/a> that Embracer was planning to sell off Gearbox.<\/p>\n Take-Two is acquiring three studios: Gearbox Software, Gearbox Montr\u00e9al and Gearbox Studio Quebec. It will fully own the <\/a>, Tiny Tina\u2019s Wonderlands, Homeworld, Risk of Rain, Brothers in Arms and Duke Nukem franchises, along with \u201cGearbox\u2019s future pipeline.\u201d Gearbox will operate under the umbrella of 2K, which already publishes Borderlands and Tiny Tina games. Gearbox founder and CEO Randy Pitchford will remain at the helm.<\/p>\n Embracer is hanging onto Gearbox Publishing San Francisco, which will be renamed. That holds the publishing rights for the Remnant series, <\/em><\/a> and unannounced games. Embracer will also keep Cryptic Studios (Neverwinter Online<\/em> and Star Trek Online<\/em>), Lost Boys Interactive and Captured Dimensions.<\/p>\n Take-Two notes that Gearbox has \u201csix key interactive entertainment projects in various stages of development.\u201d Those include five sequels, among them Homeworld 3<\/em> and the next Borderlands game.<\/p>\n Embracer <\/a> for an initial $363 million. If Gearbox met certain targets, the deal would have been worth just over an extra $1 billion over six years.<\/p>\n Since it bought Gearbox, Embracer has gone through rough times. Last year, it <\/a> after a $2 billion investment deal (said to be from a group backed by Saudi Arabia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund) fell apart. Since then, Embracer has has <\/a> <\/a> and <\/a>. It <\/a> 1,387 people in the second half of last year and canceled 29 unannounced games over a six-month period in 2023.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the business of video games, Sega has sold Relic Entertainment (Warhammer 40,000 and Company of Heroes<\/a>), which is <\/a> thanks to the help of a mystery investor. Sega is also <\/a> in Europe, adding to the extensive video game layoffs so far this year<\/a>. Sega Europe, <\/a> (Total War) and Hardlight Studios (Two Point Hospital<\/em>) are said to have been impacted.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n