Awesomenuats Still Awesome, And Still Coming

By Eric L. Patterson, News Editor
Posted on April 30, 2012 AT 03:24pm

Over the weekend, news came out that Awesomenauts’ publisher was filing for bankruptcy—throwing into the question the game’s release. Thankfully, it seems the title won’t become a casualty of the event.

ftp entertaiment—the Germany-based publisher of Awesomenauts—announced yesterday that the company had filed for insolvency, the European equivalent of bankruptcy. That put into serious question the game’s release this week, but today Sony officially announced that Awesomenauts will still coming out as part of tomorrow’s PlayStation Store update, and that the game will still be free for PlayStation Plus subscribers.

As well, Joystiq got confirmation from Awesomenauts developer Ronimo that the planned XBLA release date of May 2nd is still also scheduled to happen.

So, bad news for ftp entertainment—but great news that Awesomenauts won’t suffer as a result of what’s happened.

Source: Joystiq

Eric L. Patterson got his start via self-publishing game-related fanzines in junior high, and now has one goal in life: making sure EGM has as much coverage of niche Japanese games as he can convince them to fit in. Eric’s also active in the gaming community on a personal level, being an outspoken voice on topics such as equality in gaming and consumer rights. Stalk him on Twitter: @pikoeri. Meet the rest of the crew.

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