Video Game Studio Goes Through Expensive Rebrand, Is Then Immediately Shut Down - Kotaku

Embracer Group is hitting some gamers and its developers with a one-two punch contiguous with the announcement that it is shutting down Onoma.

According to Bloomberg, the precocious renamed workplace Onoma unit were informed of the shutdown during a gathering Tuesday. The closure volition reportedly impact astir 200 employees. Some of the said employees were reportedly offered roles astatine its sister company, Eidos Montréal, which Embracer besides bought from Square Enix. Bloomberg besides reported that Eidos Montréal is moving connected a caller Deus Ex crippled that is “very, precise early” successful development, co-developing a caller Fable game alongside Microsoft-owned improvement workplace Playground Games, alongside an wholly caller IP.

Embracer Group reportedly decided to adjacent down Onoma, a workplace it bought conscionable this May, to standard backmost the scope and outgo of making games. This quality comes soon aft the video crippled steadfast renamed the studio, formerly known arsenic Square Enix Montréal, conscionable past month.

The Canadian developer is known for mobile games similar Deus Ex, Hitman Go, Tomb Raider Go, and had an iOS and Android crippled for Avatar: The Last Airbender successful development. According to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, 1 of the canceled games Onoma was moving connected was a Stranger Things-inspired biking game.

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Embracer is simply a Swedish gaming institution that owns different studios, including Gearbox Interactive and THQ Nordic, among others.

Back erstwhile Embracer archetypal bought Onoma from Square Enix, the steadfast announced it would absorption connected making sequels, remakes, remasters, and spinoffs of older games similar Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, and Legacy of Kain. It besides announced it would marque “transmedia projects” similar the upcoming Tomb Raider anime series connected Netflix.

“We spot the maturation opportunities centered astir our premier franchises and AAA games,” Phil Rogers, the CDE Entertainment manager astatine Embracer told GameIndustry.biz. “Closing publishing QA and our Onoma workplace is simply a hard determination and 1 that we’ve taken with large attraction and consideration. We greatly convey each those squad members for their contributions implicit the years and anticipation to find due placements for arsenic galore arsenic possible.”