PQube Games accused of exploiting developer's heritage for funding

1 year 8 months ago

Original story: UK publisher PQube Games has been accused of exploiting two studios it was working with on an upcoming title.

Toge Productions and Mojiken Studio shared today that A Space for the Unbound has been delayed due to PQube Games allegedly using the pair's Indonesian heritage to receive a diversity grant from a "well-known platform" during August 2020.

"The diversity fund was a grant fund intended to help underrepresented developers, especially during the pandemic," the two developers wrote in a statement. "However, instead of giving those funds to the developers as the grant was intended, PQube Games intentionally withheld information about the grant and used it as leverage for their own commercial gain.

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Danielle Partis