Digital Jesters NOT Okay
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Various game developers and publishers have come forward to speak about Digital Jesters financial troubles.
"We believe that the industry has to know important information about Digital Jesters," a statement from Wael Amr, CEO of development studio Frogwares, and undersigned by senior executives of development studios Cyanide, Nadeo and Focus Home Interactive, begins.
"We wish to record that, as partners of Digital Jesters for several years, we deeply regret its actions and behaviour and we expected better from a company that we were led to trust."
According to GamesIndustry the report alleges that the Digital Jesters action have been "highly suspicious" with no sales reports being sent to developers for months and titles being sold at various price points and territories "not agreed to in our contracts."
"Worst of all for independent studios, we have received no payment for products which were released some time ago. This is creating a significant loss for some of our companies," the statement continues.
The authors are also extremely worried about DJ's trading habits, since the company has changed its registered name "four times over the last few months, and that a new company called DJ Incorporated started trading at the end of the summer."
The authors include Frogwares, who developed Sherlock Holmes and Jules Verne titles, Cyanide created Chaos League and Pro Rugby Manager, Nadeo developed TrackMania and Virtual Skipper, and Focus is the French publisher of Cossack, Sudden Strike, Freedom Force 2 and Codename Panzers.
"In view of this, some developers and publishers have started legal action, while some are waiting for clear replies and actions from the directors Mr. Terry Malham and Mr. Leo Zullo," the statement concludes.
Source: GamesIndustry Article
"We believe that the industry has to know important information about Digital Jesters," a statement from Wael Amr, CEO of development studio Frogwares, and undersigned by senior executives of development studios Cyanide, Nadeo and Focus Home Interactive, begins.
"We wish to record that, as partners of Digital Jesters for several years, we deeply regret its actions and behaviour and we expected better from a company that we were led to trust."
According to GamesIndustry the report alleges that the Digital Jesters action have been "highly suspicious" with no sales reports being sent to developers for months and titles being sold at various price points and territories "not agreed to in our contracts."
"Worst of all for independent studios, we have received no payment for products which were released some time ago. This is creating a significant loss for some of our companies," the statement continues.
The authors are also extremely worried about DJ's trading habits, since the company has changed its registered name "four times over the last few months, and that a new company called DJ Incorporated started trading at the end of the summer."
The authors include Frogwares, who developed Sherlock Holmes and Jules Verne titles, Cyanide created Chaos League and Pro Rugby Manager, Nadeo developed TrackMania and Virtual Skipper, and Focus is the French publisher of Cossack, Sudden Strike, Freedom Force 2 and Codename Panzers.
"In view of this, some developers and publishers have started legal action, while some are waiting for clear replies and actions from the directors Mr. Terry Malham and Mr. Leo Zullo," the statement concludes.
Source: GamesIndustry Article