UPDATE: CEO of Dontnod Entertainment has moved to quell the news of bankruptcy swirling around the internet today. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Oskar Guilbert said “There is no bankruptcy, Dontnod is not in bankruptcy… We are in something called in France ‘judicial reorganisation’ which allows us to re-adapt our production pipeline to the new situation. Because as you know we finished a game called Remember Me for Capcom which was out in June 2013, last year.”
He also hinted that there is interesting things in Dontnod’s future, stating that they “are also in close negotiations with one big partner; I cannot of course announce the name and say that but we are in very close negotiations for our next project with one of the top publishers.”
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Original story as follows:
This morning, multiple news outlets have been reporting something we don’t like to see happen. Developers of the recent game Remember Me, Dontnod, filed for “redressement judiciaire,” which is the French version of bankruptcy.
Remember Me was a very anticipated game before release and never really lived up to lofty expectations, but now the developer seems to be in trouble. Gamasutra reports that French news has been reporting this as fact but have neglected to share many more details. Two outlets mentioned by name are Factor News and Societe, the latter being a legal website.
What is known, apparently, is that there have been “legal representatives” put onto Dontnod’s case and that receivership was announced on the 28th of January this year.
Once official confirmation or more details come our way, we will update the story.
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