so, how weird would it be if they did put out their MMO, but because of the taxpayer loan from the state, every tax paying citizen in Rhode Island owned a part of the game, like how people in Green Bay own the Packers?
Has anyone heard anything from Rich? I hope he either hasnt been effected or at least has something else lined up, always liked him at Gamespot and at the E3 Giantbomb events.
I can see why they can't secure additional funding. If you had cash to invest, would you put it into an MMO that's, let's be real here, destined to fail miserably? And that's not a comment on the quality of Copernicus at all. None of us knows how good that game is/was going to be. But it's becoming increasingly clear, at least to me, that the $15 per month MMO model is going by the wayside quickly. There aren't enough people interested in MMOs to keep more than a handful going and viable at that price. Look at something like The Old Republic which has huge money and one of the biggest IPs on the planet behind it. That's doing nicely at somewhere around 1.2 million subscribers after about six months on the market. Does a fledgling IP like Amalur even stand a chance? I don't think so and apparently neither do investors.
Been watching the live stream of the press conference and the governor just said "If I had any say in the matter, none of these games would have all this violence and sexism in them". Fuck that shit.
Is there any truth to the rumor that Valve is directly hiring, skipping the normal application process, for some of the artists from 38 Studios?
Probably true, looking at the Twitters, it looks like several studios are extending a hand to 38 Studios. Microsoft Studios, Double Fine, Insomniac, Irrational Games, Red 5 and Perfect World have all posted that they're hiring ex-38 employees. Check the hashtag #38jobs and http://twitter.com/#!/search/38%20studios%20hiringand you'll see they've got plenty of job offers already, it's likely Valve do the same, but maybe not in such an public manner.
The RI Governor was just asked what they could have done differently on there side and he said nothing, and then said "I wouldn't have had all of this violence and ... sex in these games"
This was obviously coming down the pipe just based on how the loan payment was made with what was supposed to be their wages. Don't have to pay employees you don't have!
Now just to hear about the employee's perspective. I'm sure plenty will want to talk, and since 38 won't exactly be having exit interviews, or severance packages, they'll probably tell all. I really have to wonder what the greater fallout of this whole situation will be though, apart from 38. I feel bad for the guys who moved to RI and thought that this would be longer term employment.
So does this mean that support for KOA: Reckoning has stopped as well in terms of any expansions or updates? Great game and sad news about the layoffs.
They aren't rookies; they'll either bounce back or decide to call it quits. as far as the rest... well, unfortunately too many studios buckled, if not outright collapsed, in recent times. Not a good time to go looking for a job in the field.
@bigsmoke77: It was obviously a dumb shit thing to say, but I'm pretty sure he was just at a loss for words at the moment and just randomly spurted that out. I mean that's barely even a complete thought.
The game failed seems kind of harsh, I think they where just expecting too much out of a new IP. But he's not really talking as someone who knows how game sales tend to go so much as he is a politician that has to tell people they lost a bunch of tax payer money.
Is there any truth to the rumor that Valve is directly hiring, skipping the normal application process, for some of the artists from 38 Studios?
Probably true, looking at the Twitters, it looks like several studios are extending a hand to 38 Studios. Microsoft Studios, Double Fine, Insomniac, Irrational Games, Red 5 and Perfect World have all posted that they're hiring ex-38 employees. Check the hashtag #38jobs and http://twitter.com/#!/search/38%20studios%20hiringand you'll see they've got plenty of job offers already, it's likely Valve do the same, but maybe not in such an public manner.
I'm not surprised that Perfect world is offering they are one of the top western free to play MMO companies out there now and the game world Vid that 38 studios put out did look rather nice.
Three million. Three million copies. Are you...Are you fucking KIDDING ME WITH THIS!? Kid gloves are off, what kind of morons were running this thing!? Six years and barely so much as a teaser trailer of your huge money sink project and you bet the farm on selling three million copies of your smaller game from the unknown IP? What kind of idiot runs a startup this way? They were acting like they were freaking Bungie or Blizzard or some noise! Freaking Respawn Entertainment wouldn't get away with having the BALLS of the idiots running 38. Now I'm super pissed. So many talented people working in that company got totally screwed by their ineptitude. So not okay.
"38 Studios founder Curt Schillingannounced on Twitter yesterday that Reckoning sold 1.2 million copies. Chafee said the game needed to sell closer to three million."
Selling three millions?! Crazy prediction! Many great games don't sell much more than one million, and they needed to sell three.
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