Embracer Plans On Licensing Out Saints Row, Deus Ex, Timesplitters And More To Other Devs

Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors says the company will more actively explore external partnerships around its well-known IP roster. The plan includes licensing major franchises such as Saints Row, Legacy of Kain, Deus Ex, Red Faction, The Mask, Thief, and TimeSplitters to other developers. Embracer also plans to form a third spin-off group that will become a publicly listed company called Fellowship Entertainment. Fellowship Entertainment is an IP-led games and licensing company built around major franchises including Tomb Raider, The Lord of the Rings, Metro, Dead Island, Darksiders, Remnant, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Partnerships may extend beyond games into books, comics, movies, merch, and other products.

""...we will more actively be exploring external partnership around our roster of other well-known IPs such as Saints Row, Legacy of Kain, Deus Ex, Red Faction, The Mask, Thief, TimeSplitters, amongst many others""

"Wingefors wording seems very clear: they intend on licensing out their IP to other developers who may be interested in working on them. This really opens the doors for a lot of IP to make a grand return. Saints Row has been pretty much did since its last entry in 2022, Red Faction hasn't seen a new release since 2018 and so on and so on."

"The reason for this is the formation of a third spin-off group that will become its own publically listed company called Fellowship Entertainment, which is an IP-led games and licensing company, built around major franchises like Tomb Raider, The Lord of the Rings, Metro, Dead Island, Darksiders, Remnant, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance."

"Keep in mind, these new partnerships might not always be games, but could also be books, comics, movies, merch and other assorted bits and bobs."

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