Indonesian developer accuses one of Guilty Gear’s publishers of exploitation
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#62VV8)
Image: PQube Games / Mojiken Studio Mojiken Studio, an Indonesian indie developer, has accused its UK publishing partner PQube Games of manipulation and exploitation related to the funding and development of its latest game, A Space for the Unbound.
In a statement on Twitter, Mojiken said that PQube Games - publishers of well-known indie hits like Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - leveraged Mojiken's status as a developer in Indonesia to secure grant money from a major console platform" reserved for helping underrepresented developers get through the financially ruinous times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mojiken then said that PQube did not disperse the funds to Mojiken and withheld information about the provenance and purpose of the money in order to...