Mike Maulbeck, co-owner (now former) of Code Avarice made some angry statements on Twitter this week after their game Paranautical Activity was officially released on Steam as a full release but was mistagged as being Early Access.
The statements, which included a death threat towards Valve boss Gabe Newell prompted the game’s removal from their digital distribution service.
Written on a post on the studio’s website, co-owner of the company Travis Pfenning wrote:
“I want to issue a formal apology from Code Avarice to all of you, and the teams at Valve. Especially to Gabe Newell.”
He goes on to say:
“I have been recently affected by my now (ex) partners lack of civil control and inability to understand that words have consequences. I do not condone what he said. I do not believe he was in anyway justified or entitled to represent our company in this way.”
The developer hopes to get the game added back onto Steam and has started a petition to get supporters involved in bringing the partnership back to life.
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