Curt Shilling . Yet another two faced Teabagger !

Curt doesn't need the YANKEES to make him an asshole, he is one of the best all by himself !

Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios lays off all staff
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By Hiawatha Bray and Todd Wallack, Globe Staff

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios, has laid off all of its employees in the wake of financial difficulties, according to a key company consultant.

The Providence company, which had close to 400 employees, attracted top talent from the videogame industry.

“I’m stunned and I’m heartbroken,” said R.A. Salvatore, a Leominster fantasy author who was a consultant to 38 Studios and whose son worked at the company. “This is one of the best teams I’ve ever seen assembled. They were doing amazing work.”

The unraveling of 38 Studios has been startlingly fast.

38 Studios received a $75 million loan guarantee from Rhode Island in 2010 to move from Maynard to Providence. But Rhode Island officials held emergency meetings after the company was two weeks late on a $1.1 million payment this month and asked the state for millions more in aid to stay afloat. The firm applied to Rhode Island for $8.4 million in film-tax credits, which it could then sell to other companies.

The company also didn’t have enough cash to meet its payroll on May 15 and recently lost its chief executive and another top official. With its marquee product more than a year away from release, 38 Studios has been unable to find an outside investor to rescue the company.

Schilling’s company, founded six years ago, has poured tens of millions of dollars into developing an elaborate multiplayer online role playing game code-named Copernicus. But such games, called “massively multiplayer online” games are notoriously costly and difficult to develop. Many games wind up being scrapped, delayed or never catch on with users.

Company spokesman Adam Kahn declined to comment Thursday, and Schilling has said little to reporters. But he has repeatedly taken to Facebook and Twitter to try to rally employees and raise hopes for the company’s future.

On Thursday, Schilling linked to images of the company’s forthcoming game with the caption: “You guys deserve this.”

He also tried to rebut Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee’s claims that the company’s first game, called “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning,” was a flop. Chafee has repeatedly said that if the game performed better that 38 studios would have been able to attract outside investors and wouldn’t be on the verge of shutting down.

But Schilling insisted Thursday that game, which went on sale in February, “outperformed” the expectations of its publisher, Electronic Arts. He said it sold more than 1.2 million units in the first 90 days on the market. His post did not explain, however, how much money 38 Studios earned from the game or why it hasn’t been enough to sustain the company.

A republican hypocrite? He fits right in now!

Only a republican can say with a straight face that they "outperformed" the expectations of its financier, yet it goes bankrupt!

Dude, just shut up...

Socialize the losses, privatize the profits!

The GOP way!

Hard to not socialize the losses when politicians hand out the public's money...

Socialism for the 1 percenters.

Now because of that faggit my taxes are going to go up to pay for his stupid video game company.
Not an increase to fund education or repair raods,no,taxes for video games...that muthfucker should take a knife to vain in that bloody ankle of his.

Ve

Very true, they pay for everybody

Sure they do...another myth from the "bubble".

Game over for Schilling?

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120525/NEWS19/205250325

By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI
The Associated Press
May 25, 2012 12:00 AM

PROVIDENCE — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering Rhode Island video game company laid off its entire staff Thursday.
An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers and obtained by The Associated Press says they were notified of the "non-voluntary and non-disciplinary" layoffs on Thursday.
38 Studios moved from Massachusetts in 2010 after Rhode Island offered a $75 million loan guarantee officials said would bring hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars of tax revenue. The company was more than two weeks late this month on a $1.1 million payment to the state economic development agency. State officials said the company wasn't able to make its payroll.
Gov. Lincoln Chafee said the layoffs were an indication of the "grim times" facing the company and the state, which could be responsible for some of 38 Studios' debt should the company collapse.
The company had 300 employees in Providence, Chafee said. It also has an office in Maryland
Chafee opposed the loan guarantee deal in 2010 while he was running for governor but has since said he wants to find a way to help make 38 Studios successful without giving it additional taxpayer assistance. But he has acknowledged the state is "in deep."
Chafee spokeswoman Christine Hunsinger said Thursday state officials were trying to determine whether 38 Studios is incorporated out of state, making it ineligible for millions of dollars in tax incentives it has applied for.
WPRI-TV reported Wednesday that Schilling's company isn't incorporated in Rhode Island but in Delaware as a limited liability company. It must be incorporated in Rhode Island to be eligible for tax credits under an incentive program for film companies and video game studios.
38 Studios applied for $2.1 million in film tax credits last year and sought over $6 million more last week. Chafee wants to cap at $5 million the amount of tax credits available to any project.
Schilling also pitched for Baltimore, Houston, Philadelphia and Arizona.

Typical Tea Bagger loser! Scream for smaller govt while they got their hands out for that evil govt. money!

Like Bush did to the oil companies.

Now Chill is blaming the Gov for ruining his business. Since RI didnt give him tax credits he didnt deserve anyway!

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Curt...d-Governor-for-38-Studios-Demise-272618.shtml


the former baseball star turned video game development leader, has stated that the blame for the problems that have affected his own 38 Studios and subsidiary Big Huge Games were caused mainly by the actions of the Rhode Island government and the statements the governor himself made.

Curt is full of shit !