It was only a little while ago that Embracer Group acquired three development studios from Square Enix, with those being Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montreal, and Square Enix Montreal. It was only even more recently when Embracer decided to rebrand the latter studio as Onoma, giving the developer a new identity that distances itself from its former publisher.
However, jump to the present and despite all these recent moves, Embracer has decided to shut down Onoma (formerly Square Enix Montreal) for good, putting a question mark on both the futures for the 200 or so employees that used to work there, but also on the future of the mobile games that it has created over the years.
As reported on by Gamesindustry.biz, we're told that the move comes so that Embracer can focus its efforts on Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montreal, two developers that it hopes will become "flagship studios" in the future.
It is said that some of the employees that are losing out due to this closure will be offered spots from open positions across the Embracer family, but many will of course have to look elsewhere.