Quite sad, they published a few games I really enjoyed.

  • @Ledivin
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    10 months ago

    alleging that the publisher had breached obligations of their agreement in purchasing Versus Evil. tinyBuild announced in a recent trading update that they had settled the litigation, agreeing to pay the claimants “$3.5 million in cash (in addition to legal costs).”

    …are you allowed to have layoffs after receiving a $3.5M settlement from your publisher? I know everyone will be feeling bad for the devs but this sounds sketchy as hell of them

    • @echo64
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      Yes, this was a founder complaining that they didn’t get paid or whatever their complaints were. The company was bought and owned so they can do whatever.

      As usual, c level gets rich, workers get laid off.

    • @Limeey
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      810 months ago

      As long as all wages are paid then there’s no obligation to continue employment in “at-will” states.

      The employer must pay all due wages, but after that they can close or fire for any reason, including “fuck you, got mine”