Bad times at Bad JuJu
A couple of weeks ago, it came to light that digital distributor Desura, and its indie bundle site Indie Royale, has been failing to pay developerson its platforms.
Well, it looks like they might not be getting that money at all now, as the owner company Bad JuJu has filed for bankruptcy.
Indie Royale employee Graeme Boxall broke the news via Twitter today:
If you Google, Bad Juju bankruptcy, you find some very unfortunate news.
— Graeme Boxall (@uncomplex) June 5, 2015
Meanwhile, a Bad JuJu employee has claimed to have no access to company email accounts:
If everyone can help RT please, I can’t use company accounts, we are locked out. I can’t answer my email there anymore
— LadyKaiju (@LadyAijou) June 5, 2015
She also claims that Bad JuJu has a court order to no longer use any more of the company accounts, while also ordering the CEO (who was in hospital when the payment issue arose) to remain silent.
It is unclear as to whether they mean email or financial accounts, but either way it’s not a great sign when there are multiple developers still trying to receive payment:
@uncomplex Only long enough to say the courts have ordered no more use of company accounts, and are not allowing him to say anything
— LadyKaiju (@LadyAijou) June 5, 2015
The bankruptcy claim can be seen on website Inforuptcy, a database of all the bankruptcy filings that occurs in the United States.
Bad JuJu bought Desura from Second Life developer Linden Labs in late 2014. Less than a year later and they’re now in the shit. Bye Bad JuJu.
We hardly knew ye.