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1 EMPIRE PLAZA was the brief home to 38 Studios LLC, the failed video game maker started by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. Roger Williams University has entered negotiations to lease about three-quarters of the building to expand its downtown Providence campus. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

RWU looks to move into former 38 Studios downtown offices

(Updated, 8:28 p.m.) BRISTOL - Roger Williams University has chosen the former home of 38 Studios LLC as the new location for its downtown Providence...
EXTRA LIFE: Former 38 Studios artist Joe Mirabello sits at his work station in Sharon, Mass., where he designed his own game, “Tower of Guns.” Mirabello spent almost two years after the close of 38 Studios programming and designing the game. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL PERRSON

38 Studios staff slowly scattering

(Editor’s note: This is the final story in a two-part series looking at the impact of the 38 Studios LLC bankruptcy on the local...
WRITING THAT "PUBLIC interest in the 38 Studios Settlement Act outweighs unfairness to nonsettling defendants," R.I. Superior court Judge Michael A. Silverstein on Tuesday ruled that the state's settlement with two defendants in the 38 Studios lawsuit is constitutional. / COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Judge approves state settlement in 38 Studios lawsuit

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Superior Court Judge Michael A. Silverstein has approved the state’s $4.37 million settlement with the law firm Moses Afonso Ryan Ltd.,...

Chafee lawsuit pays off

Another grueling June debate over whether the state should repay 38 Studios bondholders gave way to something unexpected: good news in the state’s lawsuit...

Depositions in 38 Studios case scheduled for July, Aug.

PROVIDENCE – Former members of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation board, including ex-Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, are among 20 witnesses scheduled to be deposed...
THE STATE HAS REACHED a tentative agreement with two of the defendants in the lawsuit that Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee filed against a number of the people and entities involved in the 38 Studios deal, with a resulting gain for Rhode Island of $4.4 million. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

State reaches settlement with two defendants in 38 Studios case

(Updated, June 30, 9 a.m.) PROVIDENCE – The state of Rhode Island has reached a tentative settlement with the law firm Moses Afonso Ryan Ltd.,...

Buyers not lining up for unfinished ‘Copernicus’ game

One can only imagine how much time gamers would have spent trying to conquer 38 Studios’ “Project Copernicus” massively multiplayer online video game had...
GOV. LINCOLN D. CHAFEE said Tuesday that gubernatorial candidates Cranston Mayor Allan W. Fung and Ken Block are 'unfit to be governor' because of their opposition to repayment of the 38 Studios moral obligation bond debt. / PBN FILE PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Chafee: Candidates opposing 38 Studios debt payment ‘unfit to be governor’

(Updated, 3:19 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee on Tuesday issued a statement defending the need for Rhode Island to repay the 38 Studios...
ACCORDING TO A STUDY by SJ Advisors, a decision by the Rhode Island legislature not to repay the moral obligation debt associated with the collapse of gaming company 38 Studios would result in the state's bonds being downgraded to "junk bond" status, which could cost the state as much as $361.8 million more than the cost of repaying the 38 Studios debt.

Study: R.I. bonds would be dropped to ‘junk’ status on 38...

PROVIDENCE – An assessment of the 38 Studios LLC moral obligation bond debt service conducted by SJ Advisors concluded that failure to repay the...
Rhode Island Reps. Karen MacBeth and Michael Chippendale say they have received threatening letters regarding their probe into the collapse of Curt Schilling's game company 38 Studios. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/TONY AVELAR

Threats sent to R.I. lawmakers probing 38 Studios bonds

Two Rhode Island legislators investigating the collapse of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s bankrupt video-game company have received poison-pen letters. Reps. Karen MacBeth and...
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