Udviklere får først de penge Curt Schilling skylder dem nu 10 år efter Kingdoms of Amalur-studielukning

Hele historien bag Baseball-stjernen Curt Schillings udviklingsstudie, 38 Studios, og deres spil, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, er lidt af en omgang. Resultatet blev dog desværre, at studiet måtte lukke kort efter selve lanceringen af spillet, og mange ansatte fik ikke den løn som Schilling, og 38 Studios-ledelsen, skyldte dem.

Faktisk fyrede de samtlige 400 ansatte relativt hurtigt, og her, næsten 10 år efter lukningen, begynder udviklerne endelig at få nogle af de penge Schilling og resten af 38 Studios skylder dem. Bloomberg kan fortælle, at så sent som i sidste uge begyndte nogle udviklere at modtage checks med den ubetalte løn.

De noterer dog at det hverken er samtlige ansatte der får denne løn, eller hele det skyldte beløb. Det skyldes åbenbart at en retsdomstol i Delaware har bestemt at disse penge skal betales.

"Many of the staff who worked for the volatile game developer in either its Rhode Island or Maryland offices will receive payment of about 14% or 20%, respectively, of what the company owed them before it ran out of money and was forced to shut down on May 24, 2012, according to bankruptcy documents. After nearly a decade of litigation through a Delaware court, final payouts were decided in June and recently began being distributed to staff. One former 38 Studios employee told Bloomberg News they received their check this week. Other employees said their checks had been sent to old addresses, as many of them have moved multiple times for new jobs in the years since 38 Studios closed."