Another one for the Embracer Group

Perfect World Entertainmenthave announcedthat theyre now known as Gearbox Publishing.

Or Gearbox Publishing have announced that theyre no longer Perfect World Entertainment.

Theyre all part of the Embracer Group, ysee.

A piece of promotional art for Have A Nice Death showing death, a small skeleton with a scythe, holding a steaming mug of coffee and surrounded by strange employees

Embracer went Christmas shopping in December tobuy Perfect World, along with Dark Horse Comics and some other companies.

In August theygrabbed 3D Realms.

Theyre still picking up companies too.

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Just last weekEmbracer acquired Lost Boys Interactive, which will act as a subsidiary of Gearbox Software.

They evenformed a new version of former Timesplitters studio Free Radicalback in May last year.

Gearbox Publishing recently confirmed that they werepublishing Hyper Light Breaker, Heart Machines follow-up toHyper Light Drifter.

The games industry ever trudges towardsits consolidation…