Digital Extremes company will stop publishing games of third-party teams. In particular, she will no longer be a publisher of the Wayfinder MMO action, – the Airship Syndicate studio that developed it will again gain full control over the title.

James Schmalz, founder and CEO of Digital Extremes, has decided to leave his position. He headed the company for 30 years.

As a result of the purchase of the Chinese company Leyou Technologies, several game studios came under the management of Tencent at once. Among them are Digital Extremes, the creators of the Warframe shooter. Now many are concerned about the question of whether developers will retain their creative independence.The deal, which was approved by 97.7% of Leyou shareholders, became known in the middle of the month.

China’s Leyou Technologies reported for 2019. The most interesting thing in the report is the Warframe indicators. During the year, the popular game lost 12.2% of revenue, but attracted 9.3 million players.