Stargate MMO Developer Payroll MIA
By Shawn on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 at 12:39 PM PST In Computer, Game Companies, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Games, Games Industry
Sadly today’s news seems to reflect a trend in the games industry of developers in crisis. The latest victim of the economic down swing is Cheyenne Mountain, developer of the Stargate Worlds MMO. Apparently the payroll is dry and it’s now been 26 days since its employees have been paid.
A Cheyenne Mountain representative spoke with GameSpot about the crisis to reassure the Stargate Worlds community that things aren’t as grave as they seem. The developer is seeking additional investors and plans to go forward with a new phase of beta testing in January.
It would be a shame to see three years of work go down the tubes this late in the development process. Unfortunately it wouldn’t be the first time a start-up developer has gone under in the eleventh hour. For further details check out the Cheyenne Mountain comments from Gamespot’s Stargate MMOG developer can’t make payroll? article.
Threaten to open-source it. That’ll make ‘em pay, either way.