Final yr noticed the total Annapurna Interactive workforce resign following a dispute with proprietor Megan Ellison. 4 months on, Bloomberg has reported that the previous employees members have shaped a brand new firm and have picked up your entire Non-public Division portfolio (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz).
The as-yet-unnamed firm reportedly acquired all video games underneath the Non-public Division label from the Texas-based agency Haveli Investments — the presumed “undisclosed purchaser” after Take-Two offered the studio final yr, claiming it was specializing in rising its “core companies for the long run”. Whereas no specifics have been given at the moment, Bloomberg studies that the brand new firm’s buyout will seemingly end in studio layoffs for the 20 staff who joined Non-public Division underneath Haveli.
All which means the brand new firm will maintain the rights to the Kerbal Area Program and OlliOlli franchises — each improvement studios had been shut down final yr — and the distribution rights to the likes of Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Recreation and Recreation Freak’s upcoming action-adventure sport, ‘Challenge Bloom’.
Annapurna Interactive proprietor Megan Ellison launched a press release after final yr’s walkout, claiming that the corporate’s prime precedence was “persevering with to assist our developer and publishing companions throughout this transition”. The studio — which has introduced the likes of Outer Wilds, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and Stray to Change in recent times — has since undertaken a hiring drive in an try to fill the absent positions.