Maximum Entertainment announced this week that it will sell some assets from its subsidiary Merge Games. Specifically, the company plans to sell certain game intellectual property rights and retail product inventory to Silver Lining Interactive, a UK-based publisher owned by Merge’s founders. The sale comes as Merge Games is in the process of merging with Maximum.
According to the terms of the deal published by Maximum, the company will retain all rights to Smalland: Survive the Wilds, Bramble: The Mountain King, Pixelshire, Morbid: The Lords of Ire, and Sunnyside. The assets sold include 90 Merge Games titles, including Spirit of the North (which at one point was said to have a sequel in development). Maximum received €1,000,000 in consideration payable upon completion, which took place on Monday.
“This agreement is an important step in rebalancing Maximum Entertainment’s financial position and clearing its debts,” Maximum Entertainment CEO Philip Cohen said in a statement. Silver Lining Interactive, recently founded by the founders of Merge, is the ideal partner for this sale. This agreement puts these divested IPs in the right hands and sets them up for success, while allowing Maximum Entertainment to focus its resources on flagship titles that it believes will be valuable in 2025 and beyond. You can. ”
Merge Games is one of the many studios hit by layoffs in 2024 and has announced the following integration with Maximum: Chelford office closure (A former community manager said Merge fired all but two employees during this process).
