It seems that the sale to Take Two However, it hasn't solved all the problems Gearboxgiven that just a few hours after the announcement of this, numerous testimonies emerged layoffs within the company, emerged practically by surprise.
While waiting for more precise official communications, for the moment there are mainly messages from some former members of the company who suddenly found themselves out of work, fired just when they thought things were going well.
Today we learned that Gearbox was sold by Embracer Group to Take Two, however for a relatively low sum (460 million dollars) compared to what was paid by the Swedish giant for the previous acquisition.
The Publishing division was not part of the agreement
A statement from a spokesperson, reported by Kotaku, seems to partially shed light on the issue: according to reports, it seems that “the restructuring has impacted some parts of Gearbox that they are not related to development of games,” reportedly.
In particular, it seems that Gearbox Publishingor the branch specifically linked to publishing within the company, was not included in the sale agreement to Take Two and for this reason was effectively dismantled.
In practice, the acquisition seems to only include the part actually dedicated to game development, while the entire publishing section was found to be redundant, with various layoffs affecting the staff of this section.
“I received the news today that Gearbox Publishing is not included in the deal with Take Two. I have been fired, along with most of our team,” said Mallie Rust, former relationship manager for the publishing division, for example.
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