Saber Interactive's new parent company Beacon has decided not to exercise its option for buying Metro developer 4A Games and pinball outfit Zen Studios, which means the two companies will stay with Embracer.
In March this year, Embracer announced its decision to sell off Saber, granting Saber and its new parent Beacon (which is controlled by Saber CEO Matthew Karch) the option to purchase 4A Games and Zen Studios as well.
At the time, it was widely thought that Saber's exercising of this option would be a given, but Embracer has now announced that the option has been cancelled, indicating that Saber has decided not to go ahead with purchasing 4A and Zen.
Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors says 4A Games and Zen Studios will be "important building blocks in [Embracer's] continued journey", and that 4A Games is currently working on "two AAA titles", which Embracer "eagerly await[s] to announce".
Presumably, one of those games is the next title in the Metro series, which 4A Games is still working on despite its home country being torn apart by the ongoing Russian invasion. What the other one could be is anyone's guess, however.
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