{"id":78940,"date":"2026-05-20T04:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=78940"},"modified":"2026-05-20T06:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:36:31","slug":"embracer-actively-exploring-external-partnerships-for-the-likes-of-saints-row-deus-ex-timesplitters-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=78940","title":{"rendered":"Embracer &#8216;Actively Exploring&#8217; External Partnerships for the Likes of Saints Row, Deus Ex, TimeSplitters, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>Embracer Group is spinning off Fellowship Entertainment, a new business unit designed to expand The Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider, as well as breathe new life into some of the company\u2019s dormant video game franchises.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/embracer.com\/releases\/open-letter-by-chair-of-the-board-on-the-fellowship-entertainment-spin-off\/\">a letter to investors<\/a>, Lars Wingefors, founder and chair of Embracer, said the new Fellowship Entertainment will \u201cmore actively be exploring\u201d external partnerships around its well-known IP, such as Saints Row, Legacy of Kain, Deus Ex, Red Faction, The Mask, Thief, TimeSplitters.<\/p>\n<p>The suggestion is we may see new games in these franchises, developed by studios that are not under the Embracer umbrella. Wingefors did not outright confirm any new games or announce a timeframe for more news, but there is now hope for some of these franchises where fans thought there was none.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"saints-row-video-review\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p>Take Saints Row, for example. Earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/embracer-remains-quiet-after-saints-row-design-director-says-he-believes-the-series-is-dead\">Saints Row 1 design director Chris Stockman said he believed the series was \u201cdead\u201d<\/a> and that Embracer had \u201czero ability\u201d to do anything with the franchise. The one-time Grand Theft Auto competitor hasn\u2019t seen a new entry since 2022\u2019s ill-fated reboot, Saints Row. It received a mixed reception from fans, with IGN\u2019s Saints Row review returning a 6\/10. \u201cSaints<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embracer Group is spinning off Fellowship Entertainment, a new business unit designed to expand The Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider, as well as breathe new life into some of the company\u2019s dormant video game franchises. In a letter to investors, Lars Wingefors, founder and chair of Embracer, said the new Fellowship Entertainment will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":78942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-ign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78940"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78944,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78940\/revisions\/78944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}