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Kingdoms of Amalur funder Curt Schilling might avoid bankruptcy by liquidating all assets

"An AP report today confirms that Curt Schilling, the investor behind now-closed Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer 38 studios, might have to liquidate all his assets to cover the studio's closing.

Yes, that includes the famous bloody sock from the Red Sox's 2004 championship run."

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nrvalleytime4219d ago

Still a terrible disappointment about 38 Studios and Schilling. Really enjoyed that game.

I hope they all have been hired elsewhere by now.

showtimefolks4219d ago (Edited 4219d ago )

I am a Yankees fan and hate him but this man poured everything into his studio and made a really good game for being his 1st try.

Gamers understand me thing clearly:

Publishers will be making more and more sequels because we just don't buy the new IP like we buy sequels. Sleeping dogs sold 160k units in a month how could that happen? Is it not a good game? And COD can sell 160k in 25 minutes and medal of honor will sell 7-10 million

We love to complain about everything:

Dlc
On disk sld
Pre release dlc announcements
Season pass
Online pass
Etc,,

Because we don't speak with our wallets no one takes us serious. RE6 sucks yeh there I said it it sucks it's a bad game well guess what it will sell millions of copies while a great game like KOA that 38 studios made didn't

I guess life isn't fair. But I know one thing moving forward the cost of development is 40-60 million on a game so expect sequels and a lot of them. And I don't blame the publishers it's us who are the real issue. We are the one holding this gaming business back not anyone else

With our blind devotion to a company and we defend their every move like its a religion . As long as we don't stand together as one on major issues nothing will change. Instead of being blind fanboys we can get a lot more done if we actually do things right and speak as one

Than companies like SE wouldn't be able to pull a kingdom hearts 1.5 crap where 2 games that are suppose to be together aren't because they want more money so they will release 2 different versions

Open your eyes
Educate yourself
Support new ideas
Just because it's your favorite series doesn't mean you should buy it every time and not support new ideas

Also smaller developers need our support buy their games new so they can survive otherwise it will be all big publishers and smaller developers working under them or for them on guess what SEQUELS

Peace one love gamers 4 life

maniacmayhem4219d ago

It's too bad I can't bubble you up for intelligent and well said.

I completely agree, even judging N4G with the amount of interest in a game you can see that sequels and well established IP's get the most heat comments.

KoA is a great game but I also think it was released at a bad time. It was right after (?) Skyrim and that game with its many flaws is extremely popular, way more than KoA could be. And people were still putting hours into that massive game.

Even myself I said after I finish Skyrim i'll jump on Ko, but I never did. By the time I finished Skyrim I moved on to another game I was anxiously waiting for.

Sad really, this game had a power house backing and support. Lets hope these guys bounce back and keep making games.

Norrison4218d ago

Well said. Best comment I've seen on this site.

TheTwelve4218d ago

Dang homie can you run for president

Capt-FuzzyPants4219d ago

This is what Schilling deserves for all the s*** he talked on Philly when he was here.

showtimefolks4218d ago

with all due respect sir he put his money where his mouth is and made a kickass game that should have sold really well but didn't. EA should have done better advertisement campaign since it was a new IP and coming out around Skyrim didn't help either

hopefully a publisher will buy the IP so we can get a proper sequel hopefully with curt at helm

nihonlight4219d ago

It's a shame when a company like 38 can put out one of the best rpgs this gen and go bankrupt while Bethesda can sell a broken game that needed 7+ patches and win goty.

majiebeast4219d ago (Edited 4219d ago )

Well after this fiasco there is no one that is gonna open a game studio in long island.

@Yourflyness

Screwed over by the goverment.

YourFlyness4219d ago

How did they go bankrupt? KOA was everything Dragon Age 2 should have been, and played like Skyrim should have

rdgneoz34219d ago

They went bankrupt from pouring all the money they had into an unannounced MMO. There's been some leaked art work and I think a video of the game that's come out, but they spent too much money on it. KOA I believe broke even or at least made them a profit, but they used most of the loan they got on the MMO.

longcat4219d ago

he would probably still have a pension, but seriously, who was advising this guy????

50 million investment?

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Looking Back at Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning

Do you remember the good old days, when video games put fast hack-and-slashing combat sequences and extensive levelling systems first and a deep narrative with memorable characters second? BigHuge Games certainly banked on gamers holding some kind of nostalgia for those titles of yore with their fantasy RPG Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning.

DacO2357d ago

Best action rpg of its generation. Loved it.

Soulst0rmer2357d ago

This deserves to be on Switch

execution172357d ago

Loved the world and combat, just horrible timing for the release tho :/

Matrix62357d ago

Would play a remaster next gen

taijutsu3632357d ago (Edited 2357d ago )

This is hilarious that i would see an article after I went and re-bought the game and playing it all week! I love the QTEs in this game its satisfying, the combat is fluid where you can switch from weapons to magic so easily, the weapons, armor, quests, character customizations, lore, world, voice acting, are all great this game has almost everything you'd need and want from an RPG!

I really wish there was going to be a KoAR 2!

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Top 10 Games of Last Generation Countdown - Number 6

COG writes - The games of the last generation were amazing and the COGconnected team decided to get together to countdown their favorites. The countdown inches to number 6 and the games are starting to get good... real good.

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Phoenix Down 49.2 – Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

The journey comes to an end.

InMyOpinion2895d ago

Would LOVE to see a sequel to this brilliant game. Wouldn't mind a remake for current gen systems either.

Hypnotic2895d ago

Last I heard this studio went out of business so I would think a remaster is pretty unlikely.

InMyOpinion2893d ago

Never say never, Darksiders 2 got a remaster.

phantomexe2895d ago

I think EA owns the rights to it now. I loved the game as well. A rare gem overlooked.

rezzah2894d ago

Went into a cave for a mission...Mission glitches and I can't start the mission or exit the cave...Auto save and manual saves are within the cave....I messed up so bad I quit. Really good game though.

hazelamy2894d ago

such a great game, shame about the studio.
to produce something of that quality as their first title, just imagine what they could have done with more experience.