Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium Games has spoken out to quell fan fears it is in new financial trouble.
CIG's accounts, publicly viewable via the Companies House website, sparked worries the studio had sold the games' rights as collatoral to UK banking institution Coutts. Discussion of the issue snowballed - and now CIG has spoken out.
In a statement posted on the game's official forum, CIG co-founder Ortwin Freyermuth stepped up to explain the financial issue. Freyermuth's explanation? It was simply an advance on the UK government tax rebate CIG receives every month for the development of sister project Squadron 42.
Read more…
More...
CIG's accounts, publicly viewable via the Companies House website, sparked worries the studio had sold the games' rights as collatoral to UK banking institution Coutts. Discussion of the issue snowballed - and now CIG has spoken out.
In a statement posted on the game's official forum, CIG co-founder Ortwin Freyermuth stepped up to explain the financial issue. Freyermuth's explanation? It was simply an advance on the UK government tax rebate CIG receives every month for the development of sister project Squadron 42.
Read more…
More...