The Aeon Must Die trailer proven throughout yesterday’s State of Play occasion was purportedly outsourced – apparently the devs had already stop the challenge attributable to crunch.
Aeon Must Die is in growth at Limestone Games and will probably be printed by Focus Home Interactive. However, shortly earlier than its trailer aired throughout yesterday’s State of Play showcase, a bunch of individuals claiming to be the unique builders accused Limestone of inducing crunch and committing IP theft. According to those folks, they fairly Limestone final week.
Even the outsourced artists commissioned to work on the trailer after the unique devs left weren’t supplied with official contracts, based on the data revealed.
Said data is included within the description a YouTube video posted by Erkki Poots, which you’ll be able to try for your self under.
“This trailer was created with abuse, manipulation, theft,” reads the video description. “Find out the truth about the development of the game here [Dropbox].”
This Dropbox folder collects private accounts from a number of of the devs concerned, who’ve all made allegations in opposition to Limestone.
“People who have worked on every shot of this are no longer with the company holding IP rights,” the outline continues. “Some were not even paid for their work.”
“This trailer has a pending conflict of IP. The real IP for the game was stolen from the creators via foul play. Final reaction of the publisher to this information remains to be seen.”
Aeon Must Die writer Focus Home Interactive just lately posted an announcement referring to the scenario on Twitter, which you’ll be able to try under.
Our assertion concerning Limestone Games and Aeon Must Die!. pic.twitter.com/75ldhtp27T
— Focus Home Interactive (@FocusHome) August 7, 2020
“Focus Home Interactive has always praised and supported all our partner studios and the developers who compose the creative teams,” the assertion reads. “We pride ourselves on treating our own employees and third party developers fairly and respectfully and this will not change.”
“Focus Home Interactive was informed of serious allegations raised by some of the developers at Limestone who have worked on the creation of the video game Aeon Must Die,” it continues. “These grievances are directed at Limestone, their direct employer.”
“As the publisher of this video game, Focus is carefully looking into these allegations and will draw the necessary conclusions if they are proved to be well-founded, and then take all appropriate measures.”
“No further comment will be shared until we have a clearer and complete view on the matter.”
It’s unclear at current whether or not the allegations are true or not, but when so, hopefully these devs are capable of show Limestone’s misconduct and may reclaim the rights to their game.
