Nobody can accuse Embracer Group of resting on their laurels. While declaring their financial results for the last quarter, the company revealed they have 216 games in development between their many studios and publishers. Of those games, more than 25 of them are AAA games they’re aiming to release by March 2026 at the latest.
What AAA games are in development at Embracer?
While 216 games are in development, only 56 of them have been announced. This means many of the AAA games are yet to be announced too, and they might not necessarily be coming to PlayStation either. Of those that we know about, Deep Silver has Saints Row arriving on August 23. They are also still at work on Dead Island 2, and if the conference call is anything to go by, there’s a chance we may see this game before the end of fiscal year 2023 (before the end of March 2023).
Prime Matter has Payday 3 in development, although this is likely still several years away. Saber Interactive is working on seven AAA games, including Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 due later this year. Aspyr Media has Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake, but this is also likely several years away. Finally, Gearbox has ten AAA games in progress, including Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands due to appear on March 25.
There are plenty of other Embracer titles due to appear soon. March will also bring Elex II, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Shadow Warrior 3, and Monster Energy Supercross 5. Road 96 will follow in April while Evil Dead: The Game will appear in May. Spellforce III Reforced was delayed until June. During the conference call, Milestone CEO Luisa Bixio also confirmed the company has acquired the Superbike World Championship license and the first SBK game will be released in July.
Embracer also recorded a few successes from their recent and most popular titles. Metro Exodus recently reached 6 million sales, while Hot Wheels Unleashed has reached 1 million sales and is Milestone’s most successful game yet. Over the last quarter, the Borderlands franchise has sold over 2 million copies while Borderlands 3 passed 15 million lifetime sales. Deep Rock Galactic doubled its player count after it was downloaded more than 9 million times on PlayStation Plus. The bad news was that Chorus failed to meet management expectations despite positive attention from fans and critics.
In other news, Ubisoft has confirmed Skull & Bones is now a game that puts multiplayer first. Elsewhere, ANNO: Mutationem is due to be released next month.
