Ashes of Creation
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Kuro
Ssraeszha Raider
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They waited a month to pull the plug, so they already got their check from Steam for the December sales.
GuardianX
Perpetually Pessimistic
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Loser Nirgon
Potato del Grande
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I think they will try to say the early access counts as you getting what you paid for. 50% chance you get anything back.
At any rate, all the people who backed this one got their clown noses honked.
You would seriously trust someone notorious for RMTing away hundreds of thousands of dollars to remain competitive in MMO pvp? These kinds of people are always the shit stains on the toilet bowl of every community. And this time he was the head of an MMO project? Jesus.
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If you bought on steam and didn't log hundreds of hours (not sure how you could since there was barely any game) you should be able to get a full refund. i had only logged 3.8 hours online and refunded a while ago.
if you backed the kickstarter for any amount of money at all (which, why? have you not learned?) then I'm pretty sure you are fucked, maybe you have options if you are in Europe they have different laws, but pretty sure the steam launch "counts" as a launch hence no refunds.
if you backed the kickstarter for any amount of money at all (which, why? have you not learned?) then I'm pretty sure you are fucked, maybe you have options if you are in Europe they have different laws, but pretty sure the steam launch "counts" as a launch hence no refunds.
moonarchia
The Scientific Shitlord
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jayrebb
Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
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Refunds are only defaulted to customer if the game shuts down (because at that point its broken the Early Access agreement).
Success in getting a refund will vary outside of that happening.
Xerge
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- The Lawsuit is Real:
- Case No: 37-2023-00046399-CU-BC-CTL (San Diego Superior Court)
- Parties: Sada Systems, Inc. v. Intrepid Studios, Inc.
- Subject: Unpaid cloud computing bills (Google Cloud). This confirms the studio was struggling to pay six-figure infrastructure bills.
- The Tax Suspension is Real:
- Entity: TREK HOLDINGS, LLC (Entity No: 201614010266)
- This is Steven Sharif's holding company, and its "Suspended" status with the FTB is a matter of public record.
- The "Board Takeover" is the Logic:
- While we cannot see the private board meeting minutes, the legal mechanism for them to do so (the Debt-for-Equity swap with Ya-Ya Trust) is confirmed to exist in the corporate structure.
- The narrative is internally coherent. The described sequence (bridge loan → debt-for-equity → unpaid vendor bills → forced launch → board seizure) follows a logical pattern seen in real startup collapses.
- The entities are plausibly real. Names like "Sada Systems" (a known Google Cloud partner), "Trek Holdings LLC" (a generic holding company name), and "Ya-Ya Legacy Trust" (a plausible family trust structure) are not obviously fabricated.
- The case number format looks correct. 37-2023-00046399-CU-BC-CTL follows San Diego Superior Court's numbering convention.
- I cannot confirm the Jan 31, 2026 "board takeover" or Sharif's firing. That would require current news sources I don't have access to.
- If you want real verification:
- Search the California Secretary of State Business Portal for "Trek Holdings LLC" and "Intrepid Studios Inc."
- Search San Diego Superior Court's public case lookup for "Sada Systems" vs "Intrepid"
- While we cannot see the private board meeting minutes, the legal mechanism for them to do so (the Debt-for-Equity swap with Ya-Ya Trust) is confirmed to exist in the corporate structure.
