![]() Well after the usual ghosting for a few weeks I today wake up to find that they just couldn’t be bothered, and just delisted Ittle Dew 2 from all console store fronts.” This is a massive disappointment for sure, as Ittle Dew 2 is a gem that is a standout on the Switch, and I hope Ludosity gets it relisted soon (Update – Ludosity did re-release this in March 2020 on their own, although Nicalis apparently attempted to publish it AGAIN despite losing the license to do so). Nyström commented that “Can definitely confirm that Nicalis is a piece of shit publisher – after being surprised to find out (by looking in their email inbox) that we cancelled their license to publish 6 months ago, they first agreed to transfer the games over to us. Between these two reports and a separate account from Ludosity CEO Joel Nyström, a high number of developers, former employees, and partners have come forward with stories of silence from the company at all points in the relationship. This is not an uncommon practice for Nicalis. It released several patches for Monster Boy the only problem was that Nicalis, its publishing partner, allegedly never got around to releasing them…co-founder Omar Cornut said on Twitter that Nicalis wouldn’t respond to their emails or calls for months, nor share sales reports following its release”). Days, weeks, and months went by without a word”) or after a game is released and patches are held up from storefronts inexplicably (as USGamer details here in its own report, focusing on Lizardcube, developer of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap: “it wanted to keep supporting its colorful remake. ![]() But soon after that, Crooks and Lowrie both told Kotaku, Rodriguez stopped responding to their calls and emails. Crooks and his team had Nicalis sign a non-disclosure agreement and gave them access to their source code for Enter the Gungeon, then went back to work on the game. Some “highlights” include ghosting several developers both early on in the contract process (as this quote from Enter the Gungeon designer David Crooks discusses “Crooks, Rodriguez, and Devolver marketing boss Nigel Lowrie struck a deal: Nicalis would handle the PlayStation 4 port for Enter the Gungeon when it came out the following year. However, Kotaku dropped a huge report on the company’s shadiness, standing as a massive expose on how poorly it has treated its developers and employees. I’ve heard troubling commentary about the publisher for some time now, but it all seemed to be inconclusive hearsay. ![]() Today, I have to discuss the many, many, many issues that have come out the last week about Nicalis. ![]() I oftentimes do this in regards to sexism - Femtendo and Gender Gazette tackle this thoroughly - but there are times when I have to branch out into other areas and make a public statement on something that just riles me up. There are times when I have to point out problematic companies, individuals or practices. I have personally censored one quote as I do not wish to have the actual word on my site the rest is uncensored.Īs much as I love video games, I can’t be impartial. New material is at the bottom of this article.ĬW: Language, including racist, homophobic, ableist and antisemitic hate speech, will be discussed in this article as well as in linked reports and tweets. ![]()
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