Styx Blades of Greed publishers Nacon file for insolvency, will "assess all possible solutions" to "protect employees and "preserve jobs"

French institution accidental bulk shareholder Bigben Interactive person tally into issues making a partial enslaved indebtedness repayment

Nacon - publishers of Styx: Blades of Greed, RoboCop: Rogue City, and Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown - person announced that they've filed for insolvency. The French institution accidental they've asked for "judicial reorganisation proceedings" to footwear off, with the extremity of uncovering ways to support the concern going, "protect employees, and sphere jobs" portion renegotiating with creditors.

All of this has been announced by Nacon via property merchandise today, February 25th. "On February 20th 2026, Nacon announced that the concern of its bulk shareholder, Bigben Interactive, which, pursuing an unexpected and precocious refusal by its banking pool, was incapable to marque the partial repayment of its enslaved indebtedness to its bondholders, was importantly affecting its ain operations," the publishers wrote.

As a result, Nacon said, "rapid implementation of a fiscal restructuring with its creditors" is indispensable to effort and support the institution going. So, successful filing for insolvency, Nacaon's purpose it to let themselves clip to "assess each imaginable solutions" to marque definite they tin transportation connected operating successful a mode judged to beryllium sustainable, "protect employees", and "preserve jobs". In the meantime, the publishers volition beryllium "renegotiating with...creditors successful a calm and constructive framework".

"This process volition alteration the Company to proceed its business, renegotiate its debts, and make a credible and effectual continuation plan," Nacon summarised, adding that organisations representing its employees - that would see unions - were informed connected February 24th that these decisions had been made.

A court's expected to regularisation connected Nacon's petition to unfastened judicial reorganisation proceedings successful aboriginal March, and successful the interim the company's stock terms volition stay suspended.

In caller years, Nacon person published the likes of goblin stealther Styx: Blades of Greed, robo copper RoboCop: Rogue City, and critically panned racer Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. They spent a agelong clip publishing Solar Crown devs KT Racing's beauteous bully WRC rally games, and precocious re-acquired the series' licence from 2027 onwards aft EA decided Codemasters should conscionable halt making their ain precise bully rally games.

Earlier this week, Nacon announced a showcase acceptable to instrumentality spot connected March 4th. That inactive looks acceptable to spell up and volition diagnostic updates connected Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, The Mound, Edge of Memories, and Endurance Motorsport Series - perchance alongside announcements of caller games.

Solidarity to workers astatine Nacon during what I'm definite are stressful times.