Saber Interactive


Saber Interactive Incorporated is an American video game developer founded in 2001 with headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company has regional offices in Saint Petersburg, Madrid, Minsk, Porto and Sundsvall and employs over 600 people. Saber was acquired by Embracer Group in February 2020 for $525 million, making the studio a direct subsidiary.

History

Saber Interactive was founded in 2001 by Andrey Iones, Matthew Karch, and Anton Krupkin. Karch continues to serve as chief executive officer and Iones as chief operating officer. Saber developed and uses a proprietary game engine, the Saber3D Swarm engine, which was introduced with TimeShift and has continuously evolved for use in current games
On August 1, 2016, Saber Interactive opened its fourth internal studio in Madrid. In October 2019, Saber Interactive acquired Bigmoon Entertainment, a game development studio of forty people based in Porto, Portugal, and rebranded the studio as Saber Porto.
In August 2019, id Software studio director Tim Willits joined Saber as chief creative officer.
In February 2020, Embracer Group acquired Saber in a deal worth, consisting of an upfront payment of and an additional payment of over the following three years based on performance. Saber became the fifth direct subsidiary under Embracer and will maintain autonomy under the deal.

Games developed

''By Saber Interactive Russia''

''By Saber Interactive Spain''