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Raw Fury Pulls Back Curtain on Publishing Contracts
- December 22, 2020
- Tagged as: Business, Indie Development, Indie Publishing
How do you know you’re getting a good deal from a publisher if you don’t know what a good deal looks like? Over the years, Raw Fury has built a reputation of being a developer-friendly...
CD Projekt has botched Cyberpunk’s launch to get it out the door in 2020. The follow-up has included empty refund promises and throwing platform partners under the bus. We discuss the financial reasons behind the rush and the impact the failures...
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