According to the pair, who are minority shareholders in independent, European studio ZA/UM, things started to go sour after an Estonian company called Tütreke OÜ acquired a majority shareholding in the company.
“We believe that these actions — which in our view, and the view of our lawyers, amount to criminal wrongdoing punishable by up to three years imprisonment — were perpetrated by [ZA/UM CEO] Ilmar Kompus and Tõnis Haavel with support from Kaur Kender, another minority shareholder.” “The rumour that our decision to terminate the contracts of these individuals was taken for financial gain is entirely unfounded and does not in any way reflect the facts. It was a decision that had to be taken for the wellbeing of the collective.
Damn what a fall from grace, they made an amazing game just to destroy themselves internally.
yongyea
This game was unusually well written, what a shame this happened. Would have loved to see a smooth development progression into another title. Hope the developers can emerge from it and go onto more great stuff.