Last year, developers of the F2P shooter Gigantic, Motiga, nearly closed its doors when their boss Chris Chung stated they had run out of money. Despite this, the 75 employees kept going on with their work until Perfect Games came along to acquire the company. The publisher has now decided that Motiga isn’t making enough revenue, and will be shut down permanently.
Chung stated in a recent interview: : “It was a budgetary decision at the highest level. Perfect World as a public company has a profitability goal and they decided to cut parts of the company that were not profitable. In short, Gigantic was not making enough revenue.”
How many of the staff members are affected by this remains to be seen. It won’t affect every single one of them, with a number of them set to remain in order to maintain Gigantic, but only until “it doesn’t make sense anymore” according to Chung.
He continued: “Today was a tough day for all of us who have been part of this extraordinary journey. We wish the best for everyone that were impacted and we will do everything we can to help them find a new home.”
It’s a shame to see Motiga come to an end, but it’s also an understandable decision if it was struggling financially. Hopefully the majority of the team won’t be affected by the situation, and that Gigantic can continue for as long as possible.
