Copernicus MMO

Copernicus MMO headlines

• Schilling: Investor for Reckoning sequel pulled out over "devastating" comments made by RI governor

  Curt Schilling has told The Providence Journal he could end up losing $50 million of his own money due to his studio’s failure, furthermore claiming comments Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee made regarding the firm were “devastating,” and “scared off private investors.”

• Report - 38 Studios and Big Huge closure imminent

  Kotaku is reporting a rumor that troubled development house 38 Studios is laying off its entire staff, and closing down Big Huge Games.

• First screens of 38 Studios' Project Copernicus leak

  What is likely a staff member of Curt Shilling’s embattled 38 Studios appears to have leaked the first ever screenshots of ‘Project Copernicus’, the studio’s MMO project.

• 38's Amalur IP valued at $20 million, says analyst

  Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter has estimated the value of 38 Studios’ Amalur IP is worth around $20 million, according to Joystiq.

• Video - Project Copernicus world fly-through

  38 Studios has released a video for Project Copernicus showing a fly through of the game’s world. Yesterday, the governor of Rhode Island said during a press conference the game would release in June next year.

• 38's payment clears, Copernicus MMO out June '13

  Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee said during a press conference today the $1.25 million check 38 Studios handed the Economic Development Corporation has cleared the bank.

• Reckoning provides gamers with a "taste of what's in store" for the MMO

  Sean Dunn, general manager of Big Huge Games, has said the release of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was just one way to get the word out and familiarize the public with the Copernicus MMO the team has in the works, which is set in the same fantasy universe.