NEW: Rhode Island Gets Back $713K from 38 Studios Video Game Sales
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Rhode Island has netted $713,000 from the 38 Studios debacle, thanks to ongoing sales of one of the failed company's video games.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning's sales have hit that mark since the state acquired various Amalur assets last summer, it was confirmed by Richard Land of Chace Ruttenberg & Freedman, which represents Rhode Island in the matter.
The sales are made via digital distribution of the game, not physical copies, and publisher Electronic Arts still has the right to sell the game and net profits. Rhode Island has owned Amalur assets in August, in addition to the highly-publicized "Copernicus", 38 Studios' massively multiplayer online game.
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a single-player action role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 that was developed by Big Huge Games and 38 Studios, who together with Electronic Arts also published the game. Massachusetts author R. A. Salvatore created the game universe and lore, with Todd McFarlane working on the artwork. The game was first released on February 7, 2012, in North America and on February 9, 2012, in Europe.
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