Yesterday, Nordic giant Empire Group announced that it will acquire Crystal Power, Edios Montreal and other European and American game studios such as Square Enix's Crystal Power and Edios Montreal for $300 million and obtain IP such as Tomb Raider. SE also said that future game development projects will be handed over to Japanese studios and subsidiaries. Many players suspect that SE will package and sell all its European and American studios and games to Empirer. However, SE will retain the game IP including "Just Defense" and "Outriders" and the original SE Europe independent game distribution plan "Square Enix Collective".
As a well-known "JustIfied Defense" series known as "Where to Go and Where to Dismantle", it is in decline after "JustIfied Defense 4". Outriders, a service game, will launch the DLC "Worldslayer" in June. As a release plan to support indie games, SE Europe's Square Enix Collective platform has launched games such as Forgotten Anne, Tokyo Shadow, BlackFall, and Legion 1944.
At the same time, for the use of the $300 million acquisition, SE said that the acquisition will allow SE to focus on blockchain, artificial intelligence and cloud investment.