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Perfect World Closing Down Motiga Soon According to Employees - Gigantic - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited November 2017 in News & Features Discussion

imagePerfect World Closing Down Motiga Soon According to Employees - Gigantic - MMORPG.com

Gigantic News - In a semi-confirmed rumor, it appears that Perfect World Entertainment is closing down Motiga, the company behind Gigantic. The news came via Twitter users "Thor" and "Dan, the Funemployed", both confirming that they are unemployed. As yet no official word has come from PWE or Motiga.

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  • CorileannaCorileanna Member UncommonPosts: 94
    Geez.. another promising indie studio closed by a budget conscious mega corp. :/
    Gdemami
  • XiaokiXiaoki Member EpicPosts: 3,855
    Perfect World Entertainment probably finally played Gigantic.

    It's part hero shooter and part MOBA and takes the worst aspects of both genres to make something that's actually lesser than it's components.

    What Motiga has accomplished is pretty amazing when you think about it.
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  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    JamesGoblin
  • TaishiFoxTaishiFox Member RarePosts: 999
    lol wow that was short lived

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  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    edited November 2017
    Motiga cut staff both last year (Feb '16) after the long 2015 beta "didn't go so well" and its publisher (MS) pulled out. Cut staff before that as well (e.g. Dec '15) and since.

    Another "promising" indie studio that didn't deliver maybe?

    If PW hadn't stepped in Mortiga would probably have closed last year.
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  • MikehaMikeha Member EpicPosts: 9,196
    No surprise at all.

    Stop copying these fast food games and make something real.
  • Geddon95405Geddon95405 Member UncommonPosts: 111
    shame

    Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women...

  • SamhaelSamhael Member RarePosts: 1,498
    We already have too many MOBAs without enough interested players. This isn't a surprise. That said, I hope the developers and others directly affected are able to land quickly on their feet. This isn't a great time of year for career changes.
  • Solar_ProphetSolar_Prophet Member EpicPosts: 1,960
    The only thing Gigantic had going for it was a cool art style. Everything else it did was done better in other MOBAs. It's a shame, but in an already crowded genre dominated by three absolutely HUGE games you need to have more than interesting art on your side. Good luck to everyone who lost their jobs.
    BruceYee

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  • KajidourdenKajidourden Member EpicPosts: 3,030
    Personally it was the only MOBA I enjoyed.

    It was actually PvP and not PvTower or PvCreeps

    It was all about the players and the creatures played a much smaller role than towers in other MOBAs

    Matches didn't last an hour because of the lame, boring hit-and run method of playing other MOBAs where you can be two-shotted by a tower >.>

    This sucks, but that's business I guess.
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