Article: RoN Developer Big Huge Games Shuts Down

DanQ · May 31, 2012, 22:51

The ongoing financial struggles at the Rhode Island-based 38 Studios came to a head this afternoon, as an affected source has confirmed to Gamasutra that 38 Studios and its subsidiary Big Huge Games have laid off their entire staff.

Big Huge Games developed Rise of Nations and its expansion Thrones and Patriots.

[ Source: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/17101...tire_staff.php ]

H Tower · June 1, 2012, 13:03

Don't you have your own website to run these days?

OzzyKP · June 1, 2012, 14:02

Originally Posted by DanQ

Big Huge Games developed Rise of Nations and its expansion Thrones and Patriots.

[ Source: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/17101...tire_staff.php ]

That's too bad.

Thanks for posting this.

Martin Gühmann · June 1, 2012, 16:00

Apolyton has again a RoN section, so is there anybody who wants to expand the opening post into a news item of some substance. Like adding some background about Big Huge games. How old it is, the games it made. Some stuff about RoN, like what type of game it is exactly. When was it released. Something like I have done with the Colonization news item. By the way we have a Colonization section again, too.

-Martin

Grandpa Troll · June 1, 2012, 23:24

I got his blurb off Sports Illustrated:

When former pitching ace Curt Schilling started his own video game company, 38 Studios, there was plenty of interest within the gaming industry and from curios fans. When 38 Studios released Kingdoms of Amalur: Recknoning in February 2012, the fantasy RPG was well received. The game sold 1.2 million copies but apparently that wasn't enough to keep the company afloat. On May 25, the entire staff of 300-plus was laid off. The biggest loser however appears to the be the state of Rhode Island which loaned Schilling's company $75 million to get the company housed in Providence and to help stimulate tech jobs. Ouch.

Thats too bad for such a large failed investment.

One would have thought especially in today tighter economic climate, a more solid investment of Rhode Island's funds could have been found?

Im personally not a huge fan of say an actor being a spokesperson for Middle East Peace summitt or a baseball player having an upstart Video Game company, being bankrolled with public funds.....just sayin...

Gramps

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...#ixzz1wbPDduQt

DanQ · June 2, 2012, 17:01

Originally Posted by OzzyKP

That's too bad.

Agreed.

Thanks for posting this.

Welcome.

Further to what GT posted above, there is a post-mortem article on Examiner.com that goes into considerable detail including links to related items.