Matt Bai of The New York Times has authored a lively, comprehensive deconstruction of the downfall of 38 Studios
Matt Bai of The New York Times has authored a lively, comprehensive deconstruction of the downfall of 38 Studios
In the dragged-out, teeth-gritting aftermath of 38 Studios' dissolution, lawyers for Rhode Island now claim the developer moved there knowing the state's $75 million in incentives could not cover the $125 million needed to make the Kingdoms of Amalur MMO.
Ballplayer Curt Schilling, founder of the notorious 38 Studios got, yep, 38 percent of the vote for the Hall of Fame.
This auctioning of assets belonging to 38 Studios, the makers of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, brought in a combined $830,000, reports Joystiq. Sounds ... good? Well, according to the Associated Press, that will barely dent the $100 million taxpayers may eat in Rhode Island, which guaranteed the loan for which someone …
Online auction-goers will be able to bid on the firesale of 38 Studios, makers of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning which collapsed in bankruptcy back in May.
In the aftermath of 38 Studios' collapse, a slew of government investigators said they were probing the maker of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning for its attempts to secure loans using tax credits that never were issued. Tax credits are the biggest reason the studio, founded by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt…
All we've seen so far of "Project Copernicus," the Kingdoms of Amalur MMO lost in the collapse of developer 38 Studios, are still shots and videos of in-game environments. It's helped build up the idea that the game might have been pretty, but it wasn't any good. Curt Schilling, the 38 Studios owner, himself said "the…
It was meant to be the "first triple-A, hundred-million-dollar-plus, free-to-play, micro-transaction-based MMO,"
Though the studio's founder himself said the game wasn't even fun