wraggster
March 30th, 2011, 12:38
Develop Award-nominated Czech studio Amanita Design is no longer interested in future business deals with Microsoft, the studio’s founder has said.
Amanita, developer of unique adventure games Samorost and Machinarium, is believed to have been refused the opportunity to publish its games across Xbox Live Arcade.
“We were already refused by Microsoft to bring the game to Xbox,” he said, as quoted by CasualGaming.biz
“They weren’t interested because the game was already released for Mac and Windows, and Microsoft demanded it as part of an exclusivity deal,” he added.
Full Story: develop-online.net (http://www.develop-online.net/news/37368/Bridges-burnt-after-Microsoft-snubbed-indie-dev)
Amanita, developer of unique adventure games Samorost and Machinarium, is believed to have been refused the opportunity to publish its games across Xbox Live Arcade.
“We were already refused by Microsoft to bring the game to Xbox,” he said, as quoted by CasualGaming.biz
“They weren’t interested because the game was already released for Mac and Windows, and Microsoft demanded it as part of an exclusivity deal,” he added.
Full Story: develop-online.net (http://www.develop-online.net/news/37368/Bridges-burnt-after-Microsoft-snubbed-indie-dev)