THQ Nordic’s remaster of Kingdoms of Amalur: Settlement will launch on Nintendo Switch on March 16, the company announced Tuesday.
Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning, as the new version is called, was first launched in September 2020 for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One in September 2020. It is a version of the 2012 film competition by 38 Studios, the bankruptcy of which shortly after the game a political scandal for the state of Rhode Island.
Amalur expands its borders and leaves for the unknown territory of … Nintendo Switch on March 16, 2021.
Return to the Faelands and forge your fate. Discover the secrets of Amalur and save a world torn apart by a brutal war – finally on its way! #ReReckoning pic.twitter.com/xRpPZGafnY
– Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning (@ReckoningGame) 19 January 2021
THQ Nordic bought the rights to the Kingdoms of Amalur franchise in 2018. This remaster was developed by Kaiko, who previously delivered Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition and Darksiders: Warmastered Edition for THQ Nordic in 2015 and 2016.
Praised as a deep, high fantasy role-playing game, Kingdoms of Amalur: Settlement was a critical success for publisher Electronic Arts when it was released in February 2012 on PlayStation 3, Windows PC and Xbox 360. But even in the sale of 1.2 million copies during the first 90 days, the game did not earn nearly enough money to cover the loan. Rhode Island issued to 38 Studios.
38 Studios, founded by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, was finally liquidated at the end of 2013. Following the sale of the company’s assets, and settlements in the civil case with Schilling, banks, underwriters and other 38 Studios investors, Rhode Island Taxpayers eventually paid about $ 28 million on the government bonds that gave the studio $ 75 million. to move to Providence.
The rights that THQ Nordic now controls are for the Amalur franchise; the original game’s publishing rights are still retained by EA. 38 studios were working on an MMO code called Project Copernicus when it was hit. THQ Nordic also included assets for it in the 2018 acquisition.