Little King’s Story developer files for bankruptcy

March 7th, 2010 Posted in General Nintendo, News, Posted by Valay

This is some pretty sad news. On March 1st, CING filed for bankruptcy having suffered liabilities totaling 256 million yen. The company developed titles for Nintendo platforms since 2005 and created games such as Hotel Dusk, Another Code, and most recently, Little King’s Story. Last Window, CING’s latest project, was released in Japan in January, but failed to light up the sales charts. Unfortunately for CING, poor sales was a common occurrence for most of their products.

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  1. 16 Responses to “Little King’s Story developer files for bankruptcy”

  2. By Gavin on Mar 7, 2010

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

    I love Another Code, Another Code R, Hotel Dusk, and Little King’s Story :( I can’t believe this. Nintendo should buy them.

    Does this mean there will be no more games coming from Cing?

    I hope this doesn’t affect an EU release of Last Window :(

  3. By bob on Mar 7, 2010

    damn that sucks

  4. By Mr_Zora on Mar 7, 2010

    What?!?!?!

    That really sucks…… I really wanted to buy last window here :*(

  5. By CoffeewithGames on Mar 7, 2010

    Wow. I hope they’re able to work through this.
    I haven’t played any of their games, but I am interested in Little King’s Story.

  6. By Thomas N on Mar 7, 2010

    Even if CING filed for bankruptcy, it does not mean that the developer will close its doors. Bankruptcy means that it was unable to pay all its debts and needed protection from its creditors. With the competitive gaming market, it is understood that some developers will fare well while others fare worse and suffer loses.

  7. By Frank on Mar 7, 2010

    Aww, I liked the DS another code.
    Never played Little Kings story.

  8. By thomas on Mar 7, 2010

    I’d like to give a shout out to all the people who have been downloading the titles rather than buying them: F*ck you.

  9. By Caio on Mar 7, 2010

    That’s a shame.

  10. By Dv8thwonder on Mar 7, 2010

    If ever there was a time for Nintendo to buy a developer, now is that time.

  11. By IronROB on Mar 8, 2010

    Oh I beg you CING, find a way to fix this please, I really want to play Last Window.

  12. By King of Butter on Mar 8, 2010

    I really hope this doesn’t jeopardize any possible localization of The Last Window and that this doesn’t affect future Another Code and “Kyle Hyde” games.

  13. By Chopperdude on Mar 8, 2010

    Bankruptcy doesn’t mean that the company will automatically close forever, but they’re surely going to have to start from the bottom and work their way up.
    And I really wish them good luck.

  14. By lele on Mar 8, 2010

    WTF! it’s crazy! they’re such a great company. i hope some investors pump money in and help them out. they’re great!

  15. By thomas on Mar 8, 2010

    @ Chopperdude: You don’t quite seem to grasp the concept of bankruptcy, they have debts over $2.2 million! They’ll probably be selling their assets and what not to try and get rid of those.

    Hopefully most of them will be employed by other companies (Nintendo?)

  16. By Jackie on Mar 9, 2010

    Damn this blows beyond belief,this just proves that times are tough all over and gaming isn’t immune to the economic downturn we’re all going through.
    CING was one of the very few but truly best independent JP companies that made video games of excellent quality. Nintendo should help them find a way around this.

    But isn’t the “Another Code/Trace Memory” and “Kyle Hdye” franchises technicality owned by Nintendo? What happens to them? Does Nintendo get to keep them or do they go down with CING?

  17. By Eunice on Mar 23, 2010

    Awwwww Mann! please!CING! find a way to fix this! I wanna play Last Window!

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