Saber Interactive

Credits

Compiled by
Chow Woon Gan

Video captures courtesy of
Broken Saw

Background

Saber Interactive Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher founded in 2001. Their headquarters is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Founded by Andrey Iones, Matthew Karch, and Anton Krupkin in 2001, the company was acquired by Embracer Group in February 2020, making the studio a direct subsidiary. In March 2024, Embracer Group sold Saber Interactive (alongside most of its studios and titles) to Beacon Interactive, an entity controlled by Karch.

1st Logo (June 9, 2003)

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Visuals: On a black background, there is the company's logo, which consists of a blue square with two white L-shaped borders around it and an abstract roaring Smilodon inside the square, the word "SABER" in an abstract font with the lines at the last four letters colored blue, fading in. The word "INTERACTIVE" (in spaced-out letters and set in a plain font) later fades in below. The logo then fades out at the end.

Technique: A digital graphic.

Audio: A female choir, which is a reversed reverb leading up to Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock", the theme of Will Rock.

Availability: It was only seen on Will Rock.

2nd Logo (October 30, 2007-April 5, 2022)

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  Vertical lock-up

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  Horizontal lock-up

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  Vertical lock-up

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  Horizontal lock-up

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  Quake Champions variant

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  Spintires: MudRunner PS4 reveal trailer variant

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  Normal

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  Darker color version

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  NBA Playgrounds variant

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  World of Speed variant

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  NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 variant

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  Bass Pro Shops: The Strike - Championship Edition variant

Visuals: On a black background, the screen fades in to a Smilodon walking in to the center and facing towards the screen. It then comes closer to the screen and raising its claws, which transitions into the abstract Smilodon logo from before, albeit being 3D, the blue color on the logo is paler and the Smilodon is now restyled and colored white. The parts of "SABER" flies in letter-by-letter, and finally "INTERACTIVE" flashes in below.

Variants:

• On some 2017-2019 games such as Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered, the animated logo is zoomed in.
• A still variant exists on Inversion and MX Nitro, where the entire logo is a horizontal lock-up.
• Another still variant exists, in which the logo is now in print form and either being shown in horizontal or vertical.
  • On Quake Champions, the vertical print logo is next to the Bethesda Softworks and Id Software logos, and is below the other logos.
• Yet another still variant exists, in which the print logo is colored like the previous logo.
  • On NBA Playgrounds, the colored print logo is on a blue background with abstract circles. It later transitions into the Mad Dog Games logo.
  • On World of Speed, this logo is shown below the game's title logo, and is next to the Mad Dog Games, my.com and Redemption Ark logos.
  • On World of Warriors, the logo's colors are noticeably darker.
  • On NBA 2K Playgrounds 2, the logo transitions from the 2K Games logo, the logo's colors are again, noticeably darker. It then transitions to the Unreal Engine 4 logo. The entire thing takes place on a dark blue gradient background.
  • On Bass Pro Shops: The Strike - Championship Edition, the logo is on a cyan gradient background and has a drop shadow behind it.
• All three still versions' logo size may vary, depending on the game.
• On the PS4 reveal trailer to Spintires: MudRunner, the logo, which appears on a beige grainy background with black lines painted on the top and bottom and a smoke being flown in the background, flashes two times at the beginning and slowly zooms in. In the end, it flashes again.

Technique: CGI. Digital graphics for the still variants, with the exception of two NBA Playgrounds games, which uses Flash animation.

Audio: The Smilodon roaring, a rising tune when the Smilodon comes closer to the screen, which is followed by a sound of a sword being drawn out, and several whooshes when the letters fly in.

Audio Variants:

• On Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered, the animated version is silent.
• For the still variant, none.
• On Inversion, an ominous theme is heard.
• On the PS4 reveal trailer to Spintires: MudRunner, a car engine sound is heard.

Availability: It was first seen on TimeShift, and can be seen on their games until 2022, such as Inversion, SnowRunner and MX Nitro.

3rd Logo (April 5, 2022-)

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  Normal (with byline)

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  Stacked (with byline)

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  Stacked (bylineless)

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  Evil Dead: The Game variant

Visuals: On a black background, there is the same abstract Smilodon from before (albeit uncropped), fades in while slowly zooming in. It then moves to the left, then the word "SABER", now set in a custom Phonk Regular font, slides to the right, followed by the byline "AN EMBRACER GROUP COMPANY" (from 2022 until 2024), also slides to the right.

Variants:

• On Evil Dead: The Game, the logo wipes in on a dark red gradient background, then wipes out. The logo also appears bylineless.
• On RedOut II, the bylineless still logo is stacked and is part of the opening intro to the game.
• On Circus Electrique, the still logo is stacked with byline, and slowly zooms out.

Technique: Flash animation.

Audio: An ominous synth tune. Mostly none or the opening intro of the game.

Audio Variant: On Evil Dead: The Game, an ominous theme is heard, followed by a creepy voice saying in an unintellingable manner.

Availability: It was first teased on Unreal Engine 5 showcase video, and later appeared on their website and social media accounts on May 10, 2022. It makes its debut appearance on Evil Dead: The Game, and later appeared on recent games since then.