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| Embracer Group | |
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| Company Information | |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Location | Karlstad, Sweden |
| Products | Games |
| Website | https://embracergroup.com |
Embracer Group is the parent company of businesses developing and publishing games. With its head office based in Karlstad, Sweden, Embracer Group has a global presence through its ten operative groups: THQ Nordic, Plaion, Coffee Stain, Amplifier Game Invest, Saber Interactive, DECA Games, Gearbox Entertainment, Easybrain, Asmodee (the owner of Fantasy Flight Games[1]), and Dark Horse. The Group has 120 internal game development studios and is engaging more than 12,750 employees and contracted employees in more than 40 countries.[2]
In 2022 the company acquired Middle-earth Enterprises which included the licensing rights to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings .[2]
In 2025, after a failed investment deal, Embracer Group split up many of its holdings. In particular among these Asmodee, a massive French board game publisher that was one of Embracer's subsidiaries, was spun out into its own separate company: Asmodee Group AB. Later that year, Middle-earth Enterprises announced that Asmodee had become the exclusive category manager for all MEE-licensed tabletop games.[3]
On May 20, 2026 Embracer announced they would be spinning off Fellowship Entertainment, a new company that will be the steward for the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit properties (alongside many other non-Tolkien properties)[4]. In addition to the new company, Middle-earth Enterprises was also re-organized under the Fellowship Entertainment umbrella.
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- ↑ "FANTASY FLIGHT GAMES® TO MERGE INTO ASMODEE GROUP™" 17 November 2014, , accessed 31 August 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "EMBRACER GROUP ENTERS INTO AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE IP RIGHTS TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE HOBBIT LITERARY WORKS BY J.R.R TOLKIEN" 18 August 2022, https://embracer.com, accessed 18 August 2022
- ↑ "Asmodee becomes the exclusive tabletop games category manager to Middle-earth Enterprises", [1], accessed 22 January 2026
- ↑ "Embracer Group announces its intention to spin off Fellowship Entertainment on Nasdaq Stockholm", [2], accessed 21 May 2026