The Swedish Embracer Group holding continues to close some subsidiaries and reduce staff in others. The list of studios that suffered from the company’s restructuring included Free Radical Design and Fishlabs.

German studios Fishlabs and Chimera Entertainment have announced a collaboration. The two companies will jointly develop a midcore mobile game.

The Austrian concern Koch Media acted as the buyer of the authors of the Galaxy on Fire series.

Michael Schade announced the sale of Fishlabs. As a result of the deal, he and the second co-founder Christian Lohr will leave the company. The buyer’s name is still kept secret.

The other day, the executive director of Fishlabs, Michael Schade, gave an interview to Pocket Gamer, in which he explained what led the company to bankruptcy, why the studio went to him.

While the studio is looking for investors, 25 employees have lost their jobs. This measure has become necessary to reduce costs, in theory, it will help the studio to continue its work.

At the White Nights: Mobile Games Conference, the executive director of FishLabs, Michael Schade, spoke about whether it is worth porting console games to mobile platforms.

Video from the round table at the White Nights: Mobile Games Conference, where representatives of Big Fish, FishLabs and Nival figured out what casual, midcore and hardcore games are.

Michael Schade, CEO of FishLabs, answered a number of questions at the Winter Nights: Mobile Games Conference about the difficulties of working with the franchise and the differences in monetization schemes for different countries. The interview was conducted in English.