Most Leisure sells Merge Video games property to Silver Lining

Most Leisure introduced this week that it was divesting a few of its property from its subsidiary, Merge games. Particularly, it could divest mental property rights to sure video games and retail product stock to Silver Lining Interactive, a U.Ok.-based writer owned by Merge’s founders. This divestment is anticipated to happen as Merge Video games is within the strategy of merging with Most.

Below the phrases of the settlement made public by Most, this firm will retain all rights to Smalland: Survive the Wilds, Bramble: The Mountain King, Pixelshire, Morbid: The Lords of Ire and Sunnyside. The divested property embrace 90 titles from Merge Video games, together with Spirit of the North (a sequel was reportedly in improvement at one level). Most receives a consideration of €1,000,000 payable on completion, which befell on Monday.

Philippe Cohen, CEO of Most Leisure, mentioned in an announcement: “This settlement represents an essential step in balancing Most Leisure’s monetary place and clearing our money owed. Just lately created by the founders of Merge, Silver Lining Interactive is the best companion for this sale. The settlement places these divested licenses in secure arms and prepares them for achievement, whereas permitting Most Leisure to focus its assets on flagship titles that we’re assured will drive worth by means of 2025 and past .

Merge Video games was one in every of a number of studios to be laid off in 2024 and introduced its integration into Most after the closure of its Chelford office (a former neighborhood supervisor mentioned that in this course of, Merge laid off all however two of its workers).