Perfect World Entertainment are now part of Gearbox Publishing, still making nerdy MMOs Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Perfect World Entertainment are now part of Gearbox Publishing, still making nerdy MMOs Another one for the Embracer Group News by CJ Wheeler News Reporter Published on April 25, 2022 Perfect World Entertainment have announced that they're now known as Gearbox Publishing. Or Gearbox Publishing have announced that they're no longer Perfect World Entertainment. Same difference. Gearbox Publishing say the change shouldn't affect anything to do with the ageing live service games they steward, like Star Trek Online and Neverwinter. They're all part of the Embracer Group, y'see. Watch on YouTube Embracer went Christmas shopping in December to buy Perfect World, along with Dark Horse Comics and some other companies. In August they grabbed 3D Realms. They're still picking up companies too. Just last week Embracer acquired Lost Boys Interactive, which will act as a subsidiary of Gearbox Software. The week before, Embracer picked up Beamdog and their upcoming first original game, the roguelike Mythforce, through subsidiary Aspyr Media. It's no understatement to say that Embracer have become one of the largest groups of companies in the industry even if that's mostly down to owning smaller studios, although they do count Deep Silver, THQ Nordic, Saber Interactive and Gearbox among the group. They even formed a new version of former Timesplitters studio Free Radical back in May last year. Ed checked out Perfect World's last game published under their old name, Magic Design Studios' roguelite Have A Nice Death, when it launched in Steam Early Access last month. Calling it a "mash-up between Dead Cells and Hades", he still came away feeling like he had a "good, if familiar, time". Gearbox Publishing recently confirmed that they were publishing Hyper Light Breaker, Heart Machine's follow-up to Hyper Light Drifter. The games industry ever trudges towards its consolidation… More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here