Saber Interactive, Inc.

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)
  • Beamdog
• 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)
  • Snapshot Games (USA)
• Tripwire Interactive (acquired in 2022, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)
  • Tripwire Presents
• Tuxedo Labs (acquired in 2022, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)
• Zen Stúdió (acquired in 2020, remained with Embracer after 2024 split)