Curt Schilling

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Red Sox [team stats] pitcher Curt Schilling [stats] put up more than 3,000 gold coins worth about $5 million at current prices as collateral for a loan the day after his now troubled video gaming company released its ...  

A fortune in gold bullion wasn't enough to save Curt Schilling's struggling company, but that's just the first level in an epic labyrinth of failure for the New England video game maker and its all-star founder. According to the Providence ...  

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says he poured much of his personal fortune into his Providence video game company — and that apparently included a stash of gold coins.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Tuesday dismissed Curt Schilling’s accusations that his remarks about the former Boston Red Sox pitcher’s video game company hurt its financial position. Chafee’s administration also disputed Schilling’s assertion that the state reneged on film tax credits promised to 38 Studios. Chafee said he has worked since he was elected to assist the company and protect the state’s investment in it.  

Gov. Deval Patrick said Massachusetts declined to offer state help to former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company before it bolted for Rhode Island because his administration decided it was not a good investment.  

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling put up more than 3,000 gold coins worth about $5 million at current prices as collateral for a loan the day after his now troubled video gaming company released its first game in February.  

A batch of screenshots for 38 Studios' Copernicus has been released by studio head, Curt Schilling. The images were posted to his facebook account with this ca ...Continue reading 38 Studios' Project Copernicus Screenshots Posted By Curt Schilling  

PROVIDENCE, R.I.— Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says the state has selected an auditor to review the finances of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's troubled video game company. Chafee announced Wednesday that Deloitte Financial ...  

RI hires auditor to probe Schilling firm financesBoston.comPROVIDENCE, RI—Rhode Island has selected an outside auditor to review the finances of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's troubled video game company. Deloitte Financial Advisory Services will conduct the audit, Gov.and more »  

The 38 Studios saga continues as Curt Schilling, head of the beleaguered company, has posted screenshots of its long-in-development MMO, Project Copernicus. These are "images from the most magical, breathtaking and awe inspiring world ever created," says Schilling, images he was "'allowed' to peek at along the way, when the team wanted us all to see the magical world we were building."Schilling also wrote regarding his recent statement that...  

TSNEx-Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company lays off entire ...Washington PostPROVIDENCE, RI — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company ...Former Boston Red Sox Pitcher Curt Schilling's Company Lays Off Its Entire StaffRant...  

#curtschilling Not a great month for Curt Schilling. Forget all that business about his video game company missing payroll, missing loan payments, bouncing a check, and laying off every single employee. You know whose fault those were? The government, for going public with the bad news. Earlier this week Schilling called the governor's remarks "devastating," claiming that a publisher backed out...  

Curt Schilling is a former MLB pitcher most famous for winning a baseball game against the Yankees even though his foot was in the process of falling off, so it made perfect sense for the state of Rhode Island to loan him millions of dollars to ...  

Of all people, former Red Sox ace Curt Schilling should have expected that, when his video game company accepted help from Rhode Island taxpayers, the move would be subject to political debate and to a basic expectation of transparency in ways ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's governor said Tuesday that former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is wrong to blame the state for any of his video gaming company's financial woes and to accuse the state of broken promises. read more  

(AP) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island's governor said Tuesday that former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is wrong to blame the state for any of his video gaming company's financial woes and to accuse the state of broken promises. Gov. Lincoln ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island's governor said Tuesday that former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is wrong to blame the state for any of his video gaming company's financial woes and to accuse the state of broken promises. Gov. Lincoln Chafee ...  

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee defended the state’s handling of the financial crisis that swallowed up retired Red Sox [team stats] pitcher Curt Schilling [stats]’s video game company. Chafee, in a new conference this afternoon in Providence ...  

Republican Socialist Curt Schilling was only kidding when he said that he invested $30 million of his $114 million baseball earnings into his video game company, 38 Productions. But the former pitcher who was famous for helping the Red Sox win ...  

It looks like the Curt Schilling saga was a debacle from day one ("R.I. gov rejects Schilling's blame game," May 30). Not only are the pols with stars in their eyes to blame...  

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday.  

Former Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's company, 38 Studios, laid off all of its 300-plus employees Thursday. The video game company received a $75 million loan guarantee in 2010, when it moved from Massachusetts to Rhode Island, the Associated Press reports.  

Six new screenshots of the troubled massively multiplayer game Project Copernicus were released last night by 38 Studios' Curt Schilling showing additional areas of the Copernicus world and details of what the studio planned for the long in ...  

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers ...  

Rhode Island officials are wrestling with the meltdown of a video game company that was meant to bolster the economically depressed state. Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling blames the state for not keeping his company afloat. About 400 workers lost their jobs, and taxpayers are on the hook for close to $100 million.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering Rhode Island video game company laid off its entire staff Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers and obtained by the Associated Press says they were notified ...  

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering Rhode Island video game company laid off its entire staff Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers and obtained by The Associated Press says they were notified of the "non ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering Rhode Island video game company laid off its entire staff Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers and obtained by The Associated Press says they ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I.— Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island has selected an outside auditor to review the finances of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's troubled video game company. Deloitte Financial Advisory Services will conduct the audit, Gov. Lincoln Chafee ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Rhode Island has selected an outside auditor to review the finances of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s troubled video game company. Deloitte Financial Advisory Services will conduct the audit, Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced Wednesday. The audit’s parameters have yet to be determined, but Chafee said he wants it to explore how 38 Studios spent its money and whether any of it went to Schilling. “There are a lot of...  

The more than 400 employees at Providence, R.I.-based 38 Studios, the video game company founded by former Boston Red Sox pitching ace Curt Schilling, reportedly received layoff notices this week. "The Company is experiencing an economic downturn," 38 Studios management told employees via email, Thursday, according to Providence TV news station WPRI. "To avoid further losses and possibility of retrenchment, the Company has decided that a...  

Curt Schilling released several new screenshots for 38 Studios’ MMORPG “Project Copernicus” via Facebook today. With several previously leaked screens and the six Schilling released today, this means there are actually more screenshots of ...  

Curt Schilling has put up $5 million in gold coins as collateral for a loan from Bank Rhode Island, The Boston Globe reports. While it was not clear whether the loan was for his Providence, R.I. gaming company, 38 Studios, Schilling recently told the Providence Journal that he has invested $50 million into the company, $12 million of which were loans that he personally guaranteed.  

Baseball star Curt Schilling is finally talking about the crumbling of his gaming company, 38 Studios, telling the Providence Journalthat comments about 38 by R.I. governor Lincoln Chafee killed a $35 million deal for a Kingdoms of Amalur sequel. More »  

38 Studios founder Curt Schilling breaks his silence as former employees of the "Project Copernicus" studio continue to suffer in the aftermath of its financial collapse. The ongoing drama of 38 Studios’ dissolution continued on Tuesday as studio founder ...  

Curt Schilling has spent many years promoting conservative candidates and causes and styled himself a champion of private enterprise, limited spending and self-reliance. Good for him. Even if I don’t agree with his political views, I do not ...  

redletterdave writes "On Thursday, former Boston Red Sox pitcher and tech entrepreneur Curt Schilling fired his entire staff at 38 Studios, his Rhode Island-based video game company, leaving more than 300 employees without jobs because the company couldn't repay its debt to the state. 38 Studios failed to pay Rhode Island's economic development agency $1.1 million, which was due last week, and also failed to meet payroll for its staff in both...  

PROVIDENCE - Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering Rhode Island video game company laid off its entire staff Thursday.  

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff.  

The company, 38 Studios, laid off its entire workforce last week. Now Schilling is engaged in a war of words with Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee over tax credits.  

(AP) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 ...  

KATU38 Studios: Broke Rhode Island now owns a video game companyCNNFounded by former Boston Red Sox star pitcher Curt Schilling, the company was supposed to bring jobs for skilled professionals to a state struggling to expand its workforce. But on Thursday, 38 Studios laid off its entire staff of roughly 400 employees ...Schilling's game co. lays off its workersBizjournals.comall 38 news articles »  

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher and tech entrepreneur Curt Schilling fired his entire staff at his Rhode Island-based video game company, 38 Studios, on Thursday, leaving more than 300 employees without jobs because the company couldn't repay its debt to the state.  

According to the Providence Journal, Rhode Island taxpayers are going to be saddled with repaying more than $100 million if 38 fails to make good on its debt. And Curt Schilling himself could lose $50 million of his own money. Kingdoms of Amalur ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. read more  

A message left for Schilling was not immediately returned ... month when it defaulted on a $1.1 million payment to the EDC that was due May 1. The company later paid—but only after first delivering a check that it acknowledged soon after ...  

Former Boston Red Sox pitching star Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios LLC game-making company won’t get more financial help from Rhode Island, according to Governor Lincoln Chafee. Providence television station WPRI-TV reported yesterday that the ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering Rhode Island video game company has laid off its entire staff. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers and obtained by The Associated Press says they were ...  

Former Boston Red Sox great Curt Schilling made a huge leap into the world of video gaming with his company 38 Studios, based in Rhode Island. Due to massive financial issues, the young company that produced only one game, has laid off it’s ...  

His case reminds me of Isiah Thomas, who in 1999 bought the Continental Basketball Association - a minor league that had survived since 1946. By 2001, the CBA was bankrupt. Whether that can all be assigned to Thomas or not, it stands as a vivid ...  

Baseball’s three strikes are a handy metaphor, but in life it takes just one. After receiving millions of dollars from the state, the video game company owned by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling seems to have all but closed down after a ...  

According to a statement from 38 Studios founder Curt Schilling on Tuesday, comments from Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee drove away private investors for a Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning sequel. The ex-Boston Red Sox pitchers also accuses ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) says his comments aren't responsible for the financial woes facing former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company. Chafee said Tuesday that Schilling was "not accurate" when he told The Providence Journal that Chafee's remarks about 38 Studios' solvency prompted a potential investor to pull out of a $35 million deal to finance a new game...  

The struggling gaming company owned by former Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has laid off all of its workers, the Associated Press reports. Rhode Island-based 38 Studios had made news previously by being late with a payment on a $75 million loan that had been guaranteed by the state, which lured Schilling's company to Rhode Island from Massachusetts with incentives. "The political fallout from the state's...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I.— Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Friday said former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company is again in violation of a loan guarantee agreement with Rhode Island after it failed to notify state officials of mass layoffs ...  

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday.  

The former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s faltering Rhode Island video game company notified its workers of the “non-voluntary and non-disciplinary” layoffs.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s faltering Rhode Island video game company laid off its entire staff Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers and obtained by The Associated Press says they ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Former Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company has made an overdue $1.1 million payment to the state and now should seek out private financing to stay afloat, Rhode Island Gov.  

The leadership of Rhode Island's Economic Development Corp. is in disarray as the state reels from the financial troubles at ex-D-Backs and Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 ...  

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering Rhode Island video game company laid off its entire staff Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers and obtained by The Associated Press says they were notified of the "non ...  

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers and obtained ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to ...  

Lincoln Chafee on Friday said former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company is again in violation of a loan guarantee agreement with ... EDC board member George Nee said Chafee asked him to step down and Nee refused.  

PROVIDENCE - The relationship between Curt Schilling and Rhode Island appears irrevocably damaged, as the former baseball star-turned-entrepreneur trades blame with the governor over the collapse of Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios LLC.  

The Providence-based company, founded by former Boston Red Sox ace pitcher Curt Schilling, is seeking bridge financing to get the company through a cash-flow shortfall but has not asked the state to provide funding, according to Fox. The EDC ...  

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says his comments aren't responsible for the financial woes facing former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company.  

USA TODAYCurt Schilling shutters his game studios, lays off entire staffLos Angeles TimesBy Alex Pham Just three months after shipping his first game, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has reportedly laid off the entire staff of his two development studios, Big Huge Games and 38 Studios, ...38 Studios Reportedly Lays Off Staff, Shuts Down Big Huge Games - Is This The End?Forbesall 126 news articles »  

No Money, Mo’ Problems Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios, has laid off all of its employees in the wake of financial difficulties, according to a company insider who spoke on the condition of anonymity.  

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s troubled 38 Studios computer game company may have thrown its last pitch. The company laid off all of its employees in Providence and Maryland, according to WPRI.  

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's 38 Studios gaming company is crumbling ... the Boston Globe reports that the young video game publishing house laid off all of its nearly 400 employees as of today. "I'm stunned, and I'm heartbroken ...  

38 Studios, the video game startup founded and funded by former Boston Red Sox ace Curt Schilling, is reportedly in troubled waters just three months after releasing Kingdoms of Amalur, its first title. Ocean State economic development officials ...  

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios, has laid off all of its employees in the wake of financial difficulties, according to a company insider who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Providence company ...  

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers ...  

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling blames broken promises by Rhode Island and Gov. Lincoln Chafee for the financial trouble his video game company is in.  

Late on the afternoon of May 16, Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island braced himself for a full-on sales pitch from Curt Schilling, the gregarious former Red Sox ace who had talked the state into loaning his video game company $75 million.  

In the fallout from the complete and utter mess that has become of Rhode Island’s investment of taxpayer money in a new video game studio with no publishing history, company founder Curt Schilling is trying to lay the blame on the state’s governor for the crime of letting everybody know about it. After defaulting on payments on the $75 million guaranteed loan Rhode Island extended to Schilling’s game company, 38 Studios, and laying off all...  

Former Boston Red Sox pitching star Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios LLC game-making company is “disintegrating” despite state efforts to save it, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee said. “We are doing our best to salvage this, but the situation is very dire,” Chafee said yesterday. The company dismissed workers Thursday...  

In a remarkable reversal of fortune, former major league pitcher Curt Schilling has laid off the entire staff that formed his videogame company, 38 Studios, just months after the company designed its first game. While Schilling had said he was pleased with ...  

On Thursday, 38 Studios, which was founded and owned by retired ace pitcher Curt Schilling, terminated its entire staff of more than 400 workers in Rhode Island and Maryland. To make matters worse, the state of Rhode Island had committed $75 million to ...  

In a remarkable reversal of fortune, former major league pitcher Curt Schilling has laid off the entire staff that formed his video game company, 38 Studios, just months after the company designed its first game. While Schilling had said he was pleased ...  

Curt Schilling Lays Off Workers At His Game Development Studios According to an article that appeared on May 24, 2012, in the online edition of the ” Los Angeles Times,” Curt Schilling, a former Major League Baseball player turned entrepreneur, [...]  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The vice chairwoman of the state’s economic development agency board resigned Thursday, becoming the second official on the panel to step down as the state grapples with the future of former Red Sox [team stats] pitcher Curt Schilling ...  

For me, this week was great. The iOS title I am working on, Foodie Truck, is coming along great. The FPS that I am working on, ReKoil — Sorry, Adam — is also looking really amazing; both teams are killing it. And then I heard about 38 Studios.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island's gamble on former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company may be in jeopardy, but it could pay political dividends to Gov. Lincoln Chafee, who has vowed to protect a state investment in the company ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 29 (UPI) -- Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Tuesday blaming him for former major league pitching ace Curt Schilling's business failure "defies logic." Schilling, in an interview with The Providence Journal ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - State officials are trying to determine whether former Red Sox [team stats] pitcher Curt Schilling [stats]’s video gaming company is incorporated out of state, making it ineligible for millions of dollars in tax incentives it wants to ...  

News of Carl Beane's death has hit many fans hard, and members of Red Sox Nation far and wide have come forward to pay their respects to the Red Sox' PA announcer. Some former team members and coworkers of Beane's who currently work at ESPN ...  

Former Red Sox [team stats] pitcher Curt Schilling [stats] struggled years ago with decisions that might have brought in outside investors, potentially providing money that could have financed the expensive technical development of his 38 Studios’ video ...  

Overall: 7-5 - Home: 1-2 - Road: 6-3 2003: Curt Schilling suffered a fracture in his pitching hand after being struck by a line drive off the bat of a Padre in the seventh inning of the 8-3 win at Qualcomm. Though he would get the win, Schilling would miss six weeks due to the injury. And which San Diego hitter was responsible for the blow? None other than future Diamondback Sean Burroughs. Steve Finley had three hits and drove in three runs...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 29 (UPI) -- Former Major League pitching ace Curt Schilling says Rhode Island's governor frightened investors away from his financially troubled 38 Studios. In an interview with The Providence Journal, Schilling said a ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and Rhode Island's economic development agency met Monday to discuss the finances of his troubled video game company. Schilling and the Economic Development Corp. board began a closed-door briefing on 38 Studios early in the evening. read more  

New creenshots of canned MMO Copernicus have been posted online by Curt Schilling, boss of scuppered Kindoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer 38 Studios. Copernicus looked to have been fairly far along in development, judging by the images Schilling posted to his Facebook page, which follow an earlier leak. The MMO was to have been set in the same universe as Amalur, which Schilling described as "the most magical, breathtaking and awe...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and Rhode Island's economic development agency met Monday to discuss the finances of his troubled video game company. Schilling and the Economic Development Corp. board began a closed ...  

How far the hero of the 2004 Red Sox season has fallen. Curt Schilling's bloody sock would became symbolic of the historic comeback win by the Red Sox over the Yankees and subsequent victory over the St. Louis Cardinals that brought Boston its first baseball world championship since 1918. Eight years later the former All-Star pitcher is being reviled for leaving Rhode Island economic development officials and more than 400 employees of his...  

Curt Schilling’s troubled 38 Studios laid off its entire staff in Rhode Island and Maryland on Thursday in a stunning turn of events for the former Red Sox pitcher’s ambitious gambit to build a video game franchise off the back of a winning ...  

#guesteditorial For me, this week was great. The iOS title I am working on, Foodie Truck, is coming along great. The FPS that I am working on, ReKoil—Sorry, Adam—is also looking really amazing; both teams are killing it. More »  

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Tuesday dismissed Curt Schilling's accusations that his remarks about the former Red Sox pitcher's video game company hurt its financial position.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Monday that former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has laid off some employees at his troubled video gaming company and that state officials are continuing to try to "protect every penny" of ...  

Provocative public statements made by Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee scared away an investor which was close to bankrolling a sequel to Kingdoms of Amalur, according to Curt Schilling, boss of beleaguered developer 38 Studios. The former pro-baseballer told the Providence Journal that an unnamed publisher pulled out of a $35 million deal to finance the sequel within 72 hours of Chafee's announcement that the US state was doing its best...  

Kingdoms of Amalur dev emptied and now owned by the state. Curt Schilling has admitted his personal $50 million baseball fortune may be wiped out after investing it in a Rhode Island studio that last week buckled under its own debt. Click here to read the full article  

Sports Illustrated NBA writer Chris Mannix will join Arnold and Minihane at 8:05 ... All this can be found by tuning in to Dennis and Callahan at 6 a.m. Turn to the NESN to hear the latest on the Celtics, Red Sox and Schilling.  

If the reports coming out of Providence are true, all the bloody socks in the world won't be able to win Curt Schilling back any love from his former employees. Schilling's video game company 38 Studios -- which just laid off all 379 of its ...  

Businesses fail all the time. So there really isn’t all that much to say about Curt Schilling’s video game company going kaput except: 1) a business run by a prominent former athlete will garner more attention that most, and 2) a government ...  

PROVIDENCE — Curt Schilling [stats]’s embattled video game company 38 Studios has handed out pink slips to all of its nearly 400 workers in Rhode Island and Maryland. A memo sent to all 38 Studios employees today said the company “is experiencing an ...  

#breaking Yesterday, Curt Schilling bragged that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning beat EA's sales expectations. Today, Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee told reporters that Amalur needed to sell more than double that number just to break even. More »  

Curt Schilling's video-game company, 38 Studios, reportedly laid off most of its staff in Rhode Island and Maryland. The former Boston Red Sox pitcher was unavailable for comment after more than 400 full-time employees were laid off, the Boston ...  

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning needed to sell three million copies just to break even, Rhode Island government Lincoln Chafee told reporters today during a press conference about the game studio run by Curt Schilling that has all but collapsed.  

Chafee said yesterday the company is technically in default on its loan agreement because it didn’t inform ... where state money was used by 38 Studios. A longer-term forensic audit will also be done to determine what went wrong and who ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Tuesday dismissed Curt Schilling’s accusations that his remarks about the former Red Sox pitcher’s video game company hurt its financial position. Chafee’s administration also disputed Schilling’s assertion that the state reneged on film tax credits promised to 38 Studios.  

Add Curt Schilling to the ever-growing list of former professional athletes who strikeout when it comes to business and handling their finances. Schilling, it was reported yesterday, laid off the entire staff of his video game company, 38 Studios. His company is gone. Kaput. This despite a guaranteed loan of $75 million from the state ...  

Curt Schilling on Amalur: "The Best Features of All the Games I Love" Dave Thier Contributor Kingdoms of Amalur Review: the Fantasiest Fantasy Out There Dave Thier Contributor “The game failed.” Those words from Rhode Island Governor Lincoln ...  

The Globe has confirmed a report that 38 Studios, the embattled video game company founded by former Red Sox ace Curt Schilling, has laid off its entire staff. According to the report: Curt Schilling's 38 Studios laid off all of their employees ...  

BOSTON (Reuters) - The troubled video gaming company run by former Red Sox baseball great Curt Schilling seemed on the verge of collapse on Thursday and had laid off its entire staff, according to several gaming industry websites and other media.  

Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Friday said former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company is again in violation of a loan guarantee agreement with Rhode Island after it failed to notify state officials of mass layoffs, and that he'll seek an audit of the company's finances.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Rhode Island's gamble on former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company is prompting questions from lawmakers about the wisdom of giving an untested company so much help. 38 Studios moved to Rhode Island from Massachusetts ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Curt Schilling is blaming Rhode Island economic development officials and the governor for much of the financial troubles facing his video game company.  

Former Major League pitcher Curt Schilling, a Tea Party supporter who criticized government stimulus and said liberals always are looking for government to take care of them, has received $75 million from Rhode Island in guaranteed loans for his videogame company -- and is now asking for more because the company is out of money. Schilling's 38 Studios missed a $1 million payment on the loan this week. "Apparently smaller government, in...  

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is asking Rhode Island for additional help to save his video game company, prompting state leaders to consider whether the firm is viable enough to justify the investment.  

Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee had some choice word for former baseball great (and current game developer) Curt Schilling at a press conference today. Y ...Continue reading Rhode Island Governor Responds To Schilling: "We Didn't Scare Away Investors"  

Following several weeks of turmoil, World Series hero Curt Schilling's 38 Studios video game venture appears to have reached its final out with reports that the company laid off its entire workforce on Thursday. The nearly 400 employees of 38 Studios and ...  

After days of controversy and turmoil surrounding the fate of 38 Studios, all of the employees at Curt Schilling's gaming company received pink slips. Information is still coming into the Eyewitness Newsroom. However, we have confirmed from ...  

More news on the swiftly unfolding drama surrounding Curt Schilling's beleagured development house 38 Studios: According to Schilling, a sequel to Kingdoms of ...Continue reading Kingdoms Of Amalur Sequel Was In Pre-Production; Schilling Stands To Lose $50 Million  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The board of Rhode Island’s economic development agency will meet Monday night to discuss the finances of former Red Sox [team stats] pitcher Curt Schilling [stats]’s troubled video gaming company, whose failure would ...  

In the wake of video game production outfit 38 Studios’ collapse — and frontman Curt Schilling eventually learning there’s nothing left to harvest from the Rhode Island Money Tree —we’ve waited with baited breath for some kind of statement from the former Phillies/D-Backs/Red Sox hurler (usually not the shy, retiring type). On Tuesday, Schilling went [...]  

The MMO may have simply been too massive a project for the developer. It cost $100 million to make Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. The massively multiplayer online RPG came after several major hits from the developer, and was bankrolled as much ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company has made an overdue $1.1 million payment to the state and now should seek out private financing to stay afloat, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Friday. "There's no more easy money," Chafee said at a Statehouse news conference. read more  

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning needed to sell three million copies just to break even, Rhode Island government Lincoln Chafee told reporters today during a press conference about the game studio run by Curt Schilling that has all but collapsed. "The game ...  

Rhode Island rationalized the 2010 loan with the promise of hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue. Governor Lincoln Chafee said the EDC will continue to attempt to salvage its investment despite what he deemed “grim times ...  

The former Red Sox pitcher's video game company, 38 Studios, is in deep financial trouble. What that means for Rhode Island, which gave the company a $75 million loan.  

Curt Schilling's 38 Studios has shut down and all employees have been laid off following a rough few weeks for the company. The move impacts nearly 400 workers in Rhode Island and Maryland. All employees were notified via e-mail on Thursday.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island's gamble on former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company is prompting questions from lawmakers about the wisdom of giving an untested company so much help. 38 Studios moved to Rhode Island from ...  

Globe and MailRI agency vice chair resigns amid Schilling messBoston.comThe vice chairwoman of Rhode Island's economic development agency board resigned Thursday, becoming the second official on the panel to step down as the state grapples with the future of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's troubled video gaming ...Second Rhode Island official resigns amid Curt Schilling messBoston Heraldall 792 news articles »  

Curt Schilling is blaming Rhode Island economic development officials and the governor for much of the financial troubles facing his video game company. [...] Schilling, 45, tells the newspaper he stands to lose all the money he saved while playing baseball, and rejects criticism that he is seeking a public handout. ‘‘I have done whatever I can do to create jobs and create a successful business, with my own income,’’ he said. ‘‘Fifty million...  

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is thanking his well-wishers after his video game company defaulted on a $1.1 million payment to the state and was unable to meet payroll this week.  

BOSTON — Closer Alfredo Aceves has pitched really well lately but blew a big save opportunity here yesterday. Games like this one make Boston Red Sox fans long for the days when Jonathan Papelbon ran in from the bullpen to Dropkick Murphys' "I'm Shipping Up to Boston."  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is thanking his well-wishers after his video game company defaulted on a $1.1 million payment to the state and was unable to meet payroll this week. The founder of 38 Studios hasn't commented ...  

Schilling says R.I. played role in company’s trouble THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published May 29, 2012 09:49AM MDT Providence, R.I. • Curt Schilling is blaming Rhode Island economic development officials and the governor for much of the financial troubles facing his video game company. The former Red Sox pitcher tells The Providence Journal that the state promised and did not deliver film tax credits for 38 Studios and refused to allow the...  

38 Studios founder Curt Schilling has broken his silence over the financial troubles of his Rhode Island-based company, stating that the desperate situation is, in part, due to broken promises from the state, and damaging comments from Governor Lincoln Chafee. The studio's ongoing financial struggles came to a head last week, when 38 Studios and its subsidiary Big Huge Games were forced to lay off their entire staff. In an interview with the...  

Curt Schilling is not a moocher and looter, you guys: In exclusive interviews with The Providence Journal, Schilling broke his silence, defending his beleaguered company and denying that he sought a government “bailout.” Schilling’s controversial partnership with the State of Rhode Island was forged with $75 million in taxpayer-backed bonds two years ago. If 38 [...]  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island’s gamble on former Red Sox [team stats] pitcher Curt Schilling [stats]’s video game company is prompting questions from lawmakers about the wisdom of giving an untested company so much help. 38 Studios moved ...  

medv4380 writes "38 Studios, run by Curt Schilling, is having a hard time paying its bills and employees. The gaming community hasn't been happy with the company since the issue with an Online Pass for Single Player Content, which we discussed previously. Now, 38 Studios has bounced a check intended as a payment on its $75 million loan from the state of Rhode Island. If the company defaults, Rhode Island taxpayers will have to cover the loan...  

Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) says he and Rhode Island economic development officials have been meeting with the video game company owned by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling about its finances.  

Update: Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has disputed Schilling's account of the business dealings. He also told The Associated Press that he is more interested in protecting Rhode Island taxpayers than in responding to Schilling's claims.Original Story: 38 Studios head Curt Schilling has some harsh words for Rhode Island in the wake of extreme lay-offs to both the parent company and Big Huge Games, which made Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning...  

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) says he'll continue efforts to salvage former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company and protect his state's investment.  

As Curt Schilling's video game company falters, game industry competitors are looking to pick off 38 Studios' employees and analysts are sizing up its intellectual property assets. 38 Studios has already released one title, Kingdoms of Amalur ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company has made a $1.1 million payment to the state and now should seek out private financing to stay afloat, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Friday. "There's no more ...  

Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Friday said former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company is again in violation of a loan guarantee agreement with Rhode Island after it failed to notify state officials of mass layoffs, and that he'll seek an audit o  

In the final months of two mostly unmemorable terms in office, Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri boasted about his little state’s big splash - stealing former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his nascent video game company from ...  

Rhode Island's governor says his comments about the financial health of Curt Schilling's video gaming company didn't hurt the firm and disputes that the state reneged on a deal for tax credits. See if your favorite team is pointed in the right ...  

#38studios This is probably the death knell for 38 Studios, the video game company whose problems started with a missed loan payment at the beginning of the month. Since then the company has bounced a check to Rhode Island, failed to make payroll, and begged the state for more help in the form of tax credits. Today, one (former) worker told Kotaku that 38 Studios has laid off every last employee...  

Curt Schilling, visionary and founder of 38 Studios, has provided his first comments since his studio was forced to lay off its entire staff. He claims 38 Studios was in last-second discussions with a game publisher for a $35 million deal for a Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning sequel. "Devastating," comments made by Rhode Island's governor led the publisher to leave the table, or so Schilling claims. There's also the issue of the $1.12...  

Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Monday that former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has laid off some employees at his troubled video gaming company and that state officials are continuing to try to "protect every penny" of Rhode Island's investment in the company.  

Rhode Island's economic development agency was in disarray Friday as the state reeled from the financial troubles at former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company and questions mounted over whether the state exercised proper oversight of a $75 million loan guarantee.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island's governor says his comments about the financial health of Curt Schilling's video gaming company didn't hurt the firm and disputes that the state reneged on a deal for tax credits. The former Red Sox pitcher told ...  

Curt Schilling, founder of 38 Studios LLC in Providence, is blaming the state of Rhode Island for the dire straits his company is now in, telling the Providence Business Journal that the state backed out of a deal to approve film tax credits, and to allow the company to defer a $1.1 million payment due on May 1.  

USA TODAYWar of words over 38 StudiosNECN(NECN: Peter Howe, Providence, RI) - The $50 million meltdown of 38 Studios has entered the blame-game phase, with chairman Curt Schilling accusing Governor Lincoln D. Chafee of betraying the video-gaming company and scaring off investors, ...Schilling Speaks on 38 Studios' Implosion, Shifts Blame Back on RI Governor, EDCSide Missionall 379 news articles »  

Embattled 38 Studios co-founder and head Curt Schilling finally broke his weeks of silence on the Rhode Island studio's recent implosion in an interview with The Providence Journal. "Frustration" seems not strong enough a word to describe his feelings toward Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee - Schilling called Chafee's commentary surrounding 38 Studios "devastating," and claimed it "scared off private investors."Schilling also said that he...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s governor said Thursday that former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s troubled video game company is making a $1.1 million payment it defaulted on this month, prompting worries about its solvency and the ...  

He’s now in his third season with Boston, and in the first two under former manager Terry Francona he was little more than a mop-up guy, someone to turn to when the team needed someone to eat innings so the rest of the relief staff could be saved for ...  

Lincoln Chafee on Friday said former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company is again in violation of a loan guarantee agreement with ... EDC board member George Nee said Chafee asked him to step down and Nee refused.  

For libertarian gamers stuck working today and unable to play the just-released Diablo III, here’s something else to annoy you: Rhode Island gave a game developer a $75 million loan guarantee, and now the company is in financial trouble. The game company is 38 Studios, founded by former Red Sox pitcher (and apparent Everquest junkie) Curt Schilling. The company has produced exactly one game, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, released earlier...  

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling asked Rhode Island for additional help to save his video game company Wednesday, prompting state leaders to consider whether the firm is viable enough to justify further investment.  

Reblogged from masscommons: After his heroics in Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series (the “bloody sock” game), and helping the Boston Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years, Curt Schilling will never have to pay for a drink in a bar anywhere in New England for the rest of [...]  

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Curt Schilling is blaming Rhode Island economic development officials and the governor for much of the financial troubles facing his video game company. The former Red Sox pitcher tells the Providence Journal ( http://bit.ly ...  

Former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling's development studio, 38 Studios, apparently borrowed a lot of money to make Kingdoms of Amalur (xbox-360/news/amalur-writer-hated-the-names.html): Reckoning. And now they owe it back. Cue the Price is Right fail horn. Read Full Article  

commentary An ambitious plan to create a competitor to "World of Warcraft" and a loan from Rhode Island transformed a politically conservative former baseball star into a case study for foolish government spending. For retired Red Sox pitcher ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is asking Rhode Island for additional help to save his video game company, prompting state leaders to consider whether the firm is viable enough to justify the investment. Schilling briefed Gov.  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A troubled video game developer founded by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has closed its doors after the company defaulted on a $1.1 million loan. Roughly 400 employees at 38 Studios -- based in Rhode Island and Maryland -- were ...  

Providence, R.I. (AP) — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling asked Rhode Island for additional help to save his video game company Wednesday, prompting state leaders to consider...  

Gov. Lincoln Chafee says former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company is again in violation of a loan guarantee agreement with the state after it failed to notify state officials of mass layoffs.  

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and state economic officials are meeting behind closed doors again this evening to discuss the financial crisis at Curt Schilling [stats]’s video game company. The board of the state’s Economic Development Corp., the ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The head of the Rhode Island agency whose board approved a $75 million loan guarantee for former Red Sox [team stats] pitcher Curt Schilling [stats]’s now-troubled video game company has resigned, and state officials are continuing to ...  

The state of Rhode Island is having trouble collecting some of the millions it lent former pitcher Curt Schilling, another reminder why chasing celebrity is almost always a bad thing. Schilling met with the state's governor on Wednesday to ask ...  

The troubled videogame company helmed by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling delivered a $1.1 million payment to Rhode Island yesterday — but the state economic development agency returned the check after learning it would bounce. 38 Studio’s failure to pay the amount when it was due May 1...  

Former Red Sox ace Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, a gaming company that left Massachusetts for Rhode Island and the promise of a $75 million state loan, has failed to make a $1.1 million overdue loan payment late Thursday, Mass High Tech reports.  

Lincoln Chafee on Friday said former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company is again in violation ... which was supposed to bring hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue. 38 Studios' financial troubles came to light this ...  

Former Phillies/D-Backs/Red Sox starter Curt Schilling’s video game production firm, 38 Studios, took a $75 million loan from Rhode Island upon relocating their operation from Massachusetts in 2010. On Wednesday, Schilling (above, far right) attempted to make a $1.1 million payment on the loan after warning the state they’d be unable to make payroll, then [...]  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s economic development agency was in disarray Friday as the state reeled from the financial troubles at former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company and questions mounted over whether the state ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Friday said former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company is again in violation of a loan guarantee agreement with Rhode Island after it failed to notify state officials of mass layoffs, and that he ...  

Rhode Island officials held an emergency meeting Wednesday that could determine the fate of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company.  

"If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.  A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.”Headline in Boston Globe  todayHigh-risk video game venture has Rhode Island, Curt Schilling reeling  

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - When Bobby Rahal was racing, he kept a picture of Michael ... RI gov: Schilling company again in violation Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) says former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company is again in violation of ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Curt Schilling is blaming Rhode Island economic development officials and its governor for much of the financial troubles facing his video game company. Schilling tells the Providence  

PROVIDENCE — Retired Red Sox [team stats] ace Curt Schilling [stats] made a big pitch for a bailout for his video-game company from Rhode Island yesterday, but refused to field media inquiries about why his taxpayer-supported 38 Studios ...  

Governor Chafee, was critical of the loan at the time that it was made, called the video game industry tough and competitive. He said if Schilling wants to bring in a "deep pocketed investor," he's open to that idea. Both sides have agreed to ...  

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios, has laid off all its employees, an anonymous source at the company told The Boston Globe on Thursday. The company, which moved from Massachusetts to Rhode Island in 2010 in exchange ...  

The region’s top video game maker is targeting Curt Schilling [stats]’s talent, hastily organizing a recruiting event next week at a Providence hotel right around the corner from the ex-Red Sox [team stats] hurler’s cash-strapped company. “We take ...  

hundreds of good jobs, millions of dollars in tax revenue and a foothold in the booming business of video games. To former Gov. Donald Carcieri and top economic development officials, it was an opportunity too good to miss. The state's Economic Development ...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State officials are trying to determine whether former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video gaming company is incorporated out of state, making it ineligible for millions of dollars in tax incentives it wants to stay afloat.  

Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island's governor says former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company has been less than forthcoming about its financial health. Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) says Tuesday that "stonewalling" by 38 Studios has made it difficult for state officials to assess its viability. read more  

If you had read my other reply to Occupy DS, you would see that I think Schilling and the state of Rhode Island are equally responsible for the lost tax dollars. Their vetting process was obviously a joke, much like it was with the Solyndra fiasco. And, as I already said above, I called out Soulpatch for his original comment, not his reply to me, because the original comment reads as a shot at all conservatives, not just a shot at Schilling...  

What’s the point of giving a check that can’t be cashed?On Thursday, 38 Studios hand-delivered a check for $1.1 million to state officials. But the state returned the check to the company after learning that “there were insufficient funds to cover the payment,” according to a spokesman for Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee. The company also advised the state that it would be unable to pay employees this week. Previously, Schilling has said...  

ForbesDon't Let 38 Studios Sour You: Video Games Are Good for Your State's EconomyForbesAccording to a 2010 report, the Entertainment Software Association wrote that several states have earned hundreds of millions of dollars from the video games industry. - California: Video games companies “provided over $2.6 billion in direct and ...Former Red Sox Pitcher Curt Schilling Fires His Entire Video Games CompanyManolithRI's big bet on Curt...  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s economic development agency was in disarray today as the state reeled from the financial troubles at former Red Sox [team stats] pitcher Curt Schilling [stats]’s video game company and questions mounted ...  

I have never felt so proud to be a Massachusetts resident upon hearing how Curt Schilling snookered Rhode Island. An overstatement, perhaps. But still, the Commonwealth is coming out a rose on this one. Rhode Island is staring in the face of a ...  

Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Monday that former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has laid off some employees at his troubled video gaming company and that state officials are continuing to try to "protect every penny" of Rhode Island's investment in the company.