Limited Run Games has announced that it will be releasing a physical edition of Axiom Verge on Wii U at the end of the month, more than two and a half years after the game launched digitally on Nintendo's now defunct console.
As odd as that might sound, it helps to know that a Wii U physical edition of superb old-school Metroidvania, Axiom Verge, was originally unveiled all the way back in 2017. However, as documented in a lengthy article by GamesIndustry.biz, a dispute between Axiom Verge's retail publisher, BadLand Games, and Limited Run Games - a company that's made a name for itself publishing lavish physical editions of indie titles, and the team contracted to create the Wii U physical release - brought those plans to a crashing halt.
As part of a deal between the two companies, Limited Run paid BadLand $78,000 USD - for which it would receive, according to their contract, 6,000 copies of Axiom Verge on Wii U. These were to be delivered at least one week ahead of the physical edition's agreed autumn 2017 release date, but never arrived. Eventually, following extended radio silence from BadLand, Limited Run elected to begin legal proceedings in order to recoup its money.
from Eurogamer.net
by March 15, 2019 at 11:44AM
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