Copernicus

Copernicus headlines

• 38 Studios assets now belong to Rhode Island, Bank of New York

  A judge awarded all assets belonging to the now-defunct 38 Studios to the State of Rhode Island and the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company.

• Report - 38 Studios spent $133 million on the way to bankruptcy

  Financial documents allegedly show Kingdoms of Amalur developer 38 Studios spending huge money without a guaranteed source of revenue on its way to apparently inevitable collapse.

• Leaked Project Copernicus trailer gives a look at shelved Amalur MMO

  A leaked trailer gives us our best glimpse at Project Copernicus, the Kingdoms of Amalur MMO in production at 38 Studios when it was shuttered.

• Trion's Butler - SWTOR suffers from lack of "content updates," Copernicus tried to do "too much"

  Trion CEO Lars Butler is of the opinion 38 Studios’ downfall was caused by more than financial issues, and BioWare’s SWTOR suffers from the lack of content.

• 38 Studios creative director expected "a little more help" from Rhode Island

  38 Studios was blindsided by Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee’s failure to extend assistance to the financially troubled developer, according to creative director Steve Danuser.

• "38 Studios didn't go begging for a handout from Rhode Island,"says Salvatore

  Author RA Salvatore has responded to the situation facing 38 Studios and Big Huge Games, and while didn’t share insight into whether the firms where shutting down, he offered instead some perspective on where things went wrong with the move to Rhode Island.

• Report - Reckoning was a "flop", 38 Studios staff unpaid

  Both official statements and anonymous whispers suggest Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer 38 Studios is seriously on the rocks, with employees going uncompensated and management resignations.

• 38 Studios lay-offs confirmed

  The financially troubled 38 Studios has issued a round of lay-offs, presumably a cost cutting measure in order to meet the developer’s debts to the state of Rhode Island.

• 38 Studios fails to pay staff, reportedly issues lay-offs

  In its efforts to meet loan repayments owed to the state of Rhode Island, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer 38 Studios has skipped payroll, and may have let a number of staff go entirely.

• 38 Studios missed a $1 million loan repayment

  More details have surfaced regarding the financial woes of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer 38 Studios, currently in debt to the state of Rhode Island.

• Quick Quotes: Some monsters in Reckoning are playable races in Copernicus MMO

  “There’s just south of 300 maybe in the Providence studio, which is the core of the [Copernicus] MMO team. I’s set in the same universe [as Amalur], so it will become obvious over the next, I don’t know how many months and years of time. This game exists in the same world. In a small […]

• 38 Studios to reveal Project Mercury during Comic Con panel

  The official Comic-Con website has posted the panel schedule for July 22-25  convention, and included on the list is the world premiere of 38 Studios’ Project Mercury.

• Curt Schilling's 38 Studios at work on PS3 game

  Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his 38 Studios are working on an RPG for PS3, if two posted job openings are any indication. One listing is for a senior PS3 programmer with “significant hands-on technical contributions on at least one on a AAA-level PS3 title”, with the other being for a lead art […]

• Weekly MMO news round up - Aion Cleric Class, Second Life Avaline service, WAR's Wild Hunt event

  Loads of World of Warcraft stuff is coming out of BlizzCon 09, but you knew that already. We also told you about the new CCP game Dust 514 this week thanks to GamesCom, but there is other stuff that went on in the world of MMOs as well. The Avaline service is now available in […]

• 38 Studios sets a tentative release date for its Copernicus MMO

  Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios, which purchased Big Huge Games back in May, has a target date finally set for its fantasy MMO Copernicus. According to the Boston Globe, we can expect the game to launch sometime during December 2010. This is if more funding can be attained for the project, as Schilling estimates it will […]

• Weekly MMO news round-up: Fireworks, Copernicus, mystical powers, new servers

  It’s that time again. The MMO news round-up post full of links, and other goodies for the online crowd. This week, loads of games are having annual summer events full of festivities, fireworks and other shenanigans. Some also got level cap increases, are nerfing classes, launching new servers, going bankrupt, and one has even reminded […]