Maximum Entertainment sells Merge Games assets to Silver Lining

Maximum Entertainment announced this week that it will sell some of its assets from its subsidiary, Merge Games. Specifically, it would sell the intellectual property rights to certain games and retail product stocks to Silver Lining Interactive, a UK-based publisher owned by Merge’s founders. This divestiture will occur as Merge Games is in the process of merging with Maximum.

Under the terms of the agreement published by Maximum, that 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 (a sequel was reported to be in development at one point). Maximum receives a consideration of 1,000,000 euros to be paid at the time of completion, which took place on Monday.

Philippe Cohen, CEO of Maximum Entertainment, said in a statement: “This agreement is an important step in balancing Maximum Entertainment’s financial position and settling our obligations. Silver Lining Interactive, recently founded by the founders of Merge, is the ideal partner for this sale. The agreement puts these sold IPs in good hands and sets them up for success, while allowing Maximum Entertainment to focus its resources on flagship titles that we are confident will generate value through 2025 and beyond.”

Merge Games was one of many studios to suffer layoffs in 2024 and announced it would integrate with Maximum later the closure of its Chelford office (A former community manager said that during this process, Merge laid off all but two of its employees.)