Saber Interactive, Inc.
Moby ID: 3918
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Saber Interactive is a game development company founded in 2001 by Andrey Iones, Anton Krupkin and Matthew Karch. The company has offices in Millburn, St. Petersburg, Kyiv and Madrid. Management, design and R&D are done in the US while the St. Petersburg and other offices produces the programming and artwork.
The company also operates the subsidiary Live Action Games. It is a smaller division created for the development of Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
A year later the company also operates the subsidiary Old School Games. It is a smaller division created for the development of GodMode (2013) and R.I.P.D.: Rest in Peace Department - The Game (2013)
In February 2020, it was acquired by Embracer Group and became one of its operating groups. On 14 March 2024, it was sold to Beacon Interactive, a company owned by Saber co-founder Matthew Karch, but a part of the operating group and intellectual properties (including the Metro series) remained with Embracer.
Known current subsidiaries:
- 3D Realms Entertainment / Slipgate Ironworks (acquired in 2021)
- Bytex (acquired in 2021)
- Digic Pictures Hungary (acquired in 2021)
- Fractured Byte (acquired in 2021)
- Mad Head Games (acquired in 2020)
- New World Interactive (acquired in 2020)
- Nimble Giant Entertainment (acquired in 2020)
- Saber Interactive Armenia
- Saber Interactive Belarus
- Saber Interactive Kiev
- Saber Interactive London
- Saber Interactive Porto (acquired in 2019 as Bigmoon Entertainment)
- Saber Interactive Russia (established in 2001)
- Saber Interactive Spain (established in 2016)
- Saber Interactive Sweden
- Sandbox Strategies (acquired in 2020)
- Smartphone Labs (acquired in 2021, retained in 2024 split from Embracer via option)
Known former subsidiaries
- 34BigThings (acquired in 2020, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)
- 4A Games (acquired in 2020, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)
- Aspyr Media (acquired in 2021, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)
- Demiurge Studios (acquired in 2021, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)
- Live Action Studios (established in 2011, closure date unknown)
- Shiver Entertainment (acquired in 2021, remained with Embracer after 2024 split, sold to Nintendo months later)
- Snapshot Games Sofia (acquired in 2020, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)
- Tripwire Interactive (acquired in 2022, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)
- Tuxedo Labs (acquired in 2022, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)
- Zen Stúdió (acquired in 2020, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)
Upcoming Games
| Hitman: Classic Trilogy - Remastered (2027 on Windows) |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival (2026 on Windows, Xbox Series, PlayStation 5) |
| Turok: Origins (2026 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series) |
| Untitled John Wick Game (Undated on Windows) |
Credited on 54 Games from 2014 to 2027
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| Bus Bound (2026 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series...) |
| Docked (2026 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series) |
| The Knightling (2025 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series...) |
| The Knightling: Deluxe Edition (2025 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series) |
| World War Z VR (2025 on Windows) |
| Tempest Rising (2025 on Windows) |
| Tempest Rising (Deluxe Edition) (2025 on Windows) |
| A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead (2024 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series) |
| Unknown 9: Awakening (2024 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series...) |
| Exploding Kittens VR (2024 on Quest) |
| Bloodless (2024 on Windows, Nintendo Switch) |
| Radikal Fighters (2024 on Windows, PlayStation 5) |
| MudRunner VR (2024 on Quest) |
| Heading Out (2024 on Windows) |
| Phantom Fury (2024 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series) |
| Pinball M (2023 on Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5...) |
| Teardown: Season Pass (2023 on Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, Windows) |
| Ripout (2023 on Windows) |
| Wild Card Football (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...) |
| Mortal Kombat 1 (2023 on Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5...) |
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History +
- March 14, 2024
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Company announces acquisition by Beacon Interactive, a company owned by Saber co-founder Matthew Karch. Included in the acquisition are most subsidiaries, but several key intellectual properties like Metro remain with Embracer Group.
- December 21, 2021
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Company acquires Shiver Entertainment, Inc. and DIGIC Holdings Kft.
- September 22, 2021
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Company acquires Bytex.
- August 18, 2021
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Company acquires Demiurge Studios, Fractured Byte, and Smartphone Labs.
- August 5, 2021
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Company acquires 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks ApS.
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archive of 2021-era Saber Interactive website
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 57 games with Valve Corporation
- 22 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 11 games with Firelight Technologies Pty. Ltd.
- 9 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
- 9 games with Bytex LLC
- 9 games with Nvidia Corporation
- 8 games with Unity Technologies ApS
- 6 games with 3D Realms Entertainment ApS
- 6 games with Sandbox Strategies
- 5 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 14 games with Andrey Iones
- 14 games with Anton Krupkin
- 12 games with Sergei Silchin
- 12 games with Matthew Karch
- 11 games with Gary Levin
- 11 games with Daniil Saparov
- 11 games with Ruslan Basimov
- 10 games with Christophe Martin
- 10 games with Ivan Lebedev
- 10 games with Janna Goranskaya
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- Ported by Saber Interactive, Inc.
- Additional Graphics by Saber Interactive, Inc.
- Writing by Saber Interactive, Inc.
- Testing by Saber Interactive, Inc.
- Licensed by Saber Interactive, Inc.
- Contributions by Saber Interactive, Inc.
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