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38Studios Website Returns...

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DaBuddaDa

Member
Impossible Studios (former Big Huge/Amalur guys) did just get shut down by Epic. Maybe those guys are trying to rebuild the 38 name?
 
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wrowa

Member
Maybe the domain expired and some fan bought it? I can't find any contact details on the website, which seems kinda fishy to me.
 
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Deleted member 17706

Unconfirmed Member
Went over to rerolled.org (forum where lots of ex-FoH posters went) and the thread there says the IP was to be auctioned off by the end of the 1st fiscal quarter of 2013, which means the sale must have been completed on March 31.

Also from that thread:

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: 38STUDIOS.COM
Created on: 02-Feb-07
Expires on: 02-Feb-14
Last Updated on: 03-Apr-13

Registrant:
Domains By Proxy, LLC

DomainsByProxy.com
14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States

Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration 38STUDIOS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Domains By Proxy, LLC
DomainsByProxy.com
14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598

Technical Contact:
Private, Registration 38STUDIOS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Domains By Proxy, LLC
DomainsByProxy.com
14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598

Domain servers in listed order:
NS47.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS48.DOMAINCONTROL.COM


Registry Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Status: clientRenewProhibited
Registry Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Status: clientUpdateProhibited
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According to the poster, people typically use Domains by Proxy when registering domains to keep contact info private.
 
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jwk94

Member
What if Reckoning 2 is PS4 exclusive?
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........=/ such a huge disappointment.
 
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Deleted member 17706

Unconfirmed Member
This is the website for 38studios. The Amalur action RPG was not developed by them. 38studios was working on the MMORPG.
 
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morningbus

Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
animlboogy said:
Is this probably just whoever owns the rights to Amalur realizing they can make some money from properly supporting it? There seemed to be quite a bit of buzz around it finally getting a discount.
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That theory doesn't fly, as the State of Rhode Island currently owns the rights. There's no way the state government could drum up enough support to reopen a studio for a game that is seen as a disaster in local politics.
 
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Hoo-doo

Banned
Amalur was garbage. New IP or bust.

Going to bet they are developing for iOS exclusively from now on though.
 
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Deified Data

Banned
Would love to see a Reckoning 2 - the first game had so much potential. Please, for the love of God, drop your ambitions of making an MMO.
 
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jd78

Neo Member
Zefah said:
This is the website for 38studios. The Amalur action RPG was not developed by them. 38studios was working on the MMORPG.
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Um, that's just plain wrong. 38studios was Curt Schilling's studio and they were working on both...

It started out as a MMO, but became a RPG (probably to help fund the MMO) first. The world was created by people Schilling hired (i.e. Salavtore, McFarlane, etc.). You may be referring to Big Huge Games, but they were bought after development of KoA was already going.
 
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wildfire

Banned
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I wonder what lessons Schilling has learned from all this? Resurrecting a publicly damaged company is very ballsy.
 
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erragal

Member
jd78 said:
Um, that's just plain wrong. 38studios was Curt Schilling's studio and they were working on both...

It started out as a MMO, but became a RPG (probably to help fund the MMO) first. The world was created by people Schilling hired (i.e. Salavtore, McFarlane, etc.). You may be referring to Big Huge Games, but they were bought after development of KoA was already going.
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You have that backwards. KoA was a partially completed arpg by BHG that was retooled into an Amalur game to create buzz around the ip before their MMO.
 
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Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
They just put up a new page on the site, with this quote:

Sorry, if you’re looking for 38Studios as it relates to Curt Shilling, Project Copernicus, or Reckoning: Kingdoms of Amalur. I’m sad to say they’re no longer exist.
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http://38studios.com/2013/04/04/38studiosetc/

Also I like how whoever owns the name now can't get the name of Amalur right. Reckoning is the subtitle, guys.

Additionally, I would be highly suspicious of anyone who uses one of those stupid eCards on the website for their gaming company.
 
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jd78

Neo Member
erragal said:
You have that backwards. KoA was a partially completed arpg by BHG that was retooled into an Amalur game to create buzz around the ip before their MMO.
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BHG may have had an ARPG they were working on, but I don't believe it was KoA. It may have become that after the acquisition.
 
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erragal

Member
jd78 said:
BHG may have had an ARPG they were working on, but I don't believe it was KoA. It may have become that after the acquisition.
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Did you not read my post? Retooled means exactly that. That arpg they were working on is the product that eventually was released entitled KoA. Nothing disputable about it...recorded factual history.
 
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jd78

Neo Member
erragal said:
Did you not read my post? Retooled means exactly that. That arpg they were working on is the product that eventually was released entitled KoA. Nothing disputable about it...recorded factual history.
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I thought that was what you might be saying, but you said KoA was a partially completed arpg by BHG which made it sound like they were working on in before hand...
 
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Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
wildfire said:
That doesn't make sense because the next few paragraphs written below that is exactly everything we know Curt and his team was working on. Sure 38studios was sold off and may not be under his control but this project is obviously still going unless they are giving a very wrong impression.
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That honestly just looks like "filler text", kinda a placeholder until they get something about the newly revived company put up. In fact, it seems to be from before Amalur was released, as it keeps referring to it in the future tense.
 
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ZZMitch

Member
Amalur 2 please! I love the first one so much and would hate to see the IP die so early.

About time to play through Amalur again I think...
 
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doemaaan

Member
Got my fingers crossed for Amalur 2. Enjoyed it a helluva lot more than I am with Skyrim right now, that's for sure.
 
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