German Dev Piranha Bytes Latest Studio to Close Under Embracer
Unable to find a partner, the studio was in a "difficult situation".
German developer Piranha Bytes is the latest studio to close under Embracer, and it is best known for RPGs like Gothic, ELEX, and Risen. The closure comes less than six months after the studio took to Twitter to seek a publisher for its next title as it worked through a "difficult situation".
First reported by Polish-language gaming site CD Action (thanks, PC Gamer), the outlet quoted a former employee saying the studio had closed at the end of July, with Embracer unable to find a buyer. Shortly after that, former Piranha Bytes creative director Bjorn Pankratz, along with his wife and fellow studio veteran Jeniffer Pankratz, announced the launch of a new indie initiative called Pithead Studio.
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