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In a reversal of public statements made in the wake of the revelations of its financial difficulties, executives of 38 Studios LLC told U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware that its its first product, the video game “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning,” did not meet its sales expectations.
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By PBN Staff
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(Updated 6:00 p.m.) Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s beleaguered video game company 38 Studios LLC has declared bankruptcy as a formal investigation of the company begins.
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Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee Tuesday rejected 38 Studios LLC founder Curt Schilling’s suggestion that Rhode Island sabotaged the beleaguered video game company and drove potential investors away with public comments about its potential demise.
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Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s bankrupt video game company, 38 Studios LLC, claimed that the state of Rhode Island refused to honor a “fully negotiated deal and agreement” to give the company funding from film tax credits, reported The Boston Globe.
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(Updated, 5:00 p.m.) The state and R.I. Economic Development Corporation sued 38 Studios LLC founder Curt Schilling and 13 other institutions or individuals connected with the failed $75 million loan guarantee to the video company for allegedly misleading state officials about the deal’s risks.
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There are four important lessons to learn from Rhode Island’s 38 Studios disaster, according to Fortune Magazine Senior Editor Dan Primack.
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The R.I. Economic Development Corporation, plagued by inefficiency and lack of direction, should be brought under direct control of the governor’s office and a new state commerce agency, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council recommended in a report on the quasi-state agency released Tuesday.
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It has been an exciting, if tumultuous, year in the Ocean State. As 2012 comes to a close, Providence Business News looks back on the biggest news stories of the year.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee said Friday afternoon that 38 Studios LLC was back in default on its $75 million loan guarantee deal with the state for violating labor laws governing mass layoffs.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Still unable to pay its workers, 38 Studios LLC, the cash-strapped video game design firm founded by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, has released a video trailer for its new game, code-named “Project Copernicus.”
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By Emily Greenhalgh |