of Americas and Europe. Life President Livingstone departure from the company in September 2013. In 2014, Square Enix Collective launched, an indie developer service provider headed by Phil Elliot. Around 2015, Square Enix's Western divisions began "officially working across LA and London". In January 2017, Norwegian studio Artplant purchased former Eidos franchise Project I.G.I.. In November 2017, Square Enix stopped publishing the Hitman franchise and transferred the IP to game developer IO Interactive. In September 2018, COO Mike Sherlock died, with Square Enix's executive team assuming his immediate responsibilities. In 2018, Square Enix branded their external publishing division Square Enix External Studios, which is headed by Jon Brooke and Lee Singleton. John Heinecke was appointed as CMO for Americas and Europe in October 2018. In June 2020, Square Enix donated $2.4 million to charities around their Western studios and offices, which were partially raised from sales of its discounted Square Enix Eidos Anthology bundle. A new mobile studio called Square Enix London Mobile, working on Tomb Raider Reloaded and an unannounced title based on Avatar: The Last Airbender with Navigator Games, was announced on 20 October 2021. Studios and related assets acquired by Embracer (2022–present) In May 2022, Square Enix announced to sell several of Square Enix Europe's assets to Embracer Group for . These include development studios Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Montréal, and intellectual properties such as Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain alongside "more than 50 back-catalogue games", with the deal expected to be completed in the second quarter of Embracer's financial year. On 20 May 2022, Embracer Group stated that the announcement of this acquisition got an "overwhelming and positive response". The deal was completed on 26 August 2022. Embracer announced that the subsidiaries and IPs would form as their 12th operative group, under the leadership of Phil Rogers and his management, and was later given the name of CDE Entertainment. After the sale of those assets and studios, Square Enix Europe will continue with its own projects and publishing games from external studios including Outriders, Life Is Strange and Just Cause. In November 2022, Embracer Group shutdown Square Enix Montréal and transferred Eidos Shanghai to Gearbox Entertainment as Gearbox Studio Shanghai. Divisions Square Enix Collective, founded in 2014. Square Enix External Studios, formerly Square Enix London Studios, founded in 2008. Former studios Beautiful Game Studios in London, England; founded in 2003. Core Design