Phat Loot founder: getting game to market 'only option we are focused on'

Phat Loot founder: getting game to market 'only option we are focused on'
Untamed Isles raised about $840,000 from 3,000 backers on Kickstarter last year. (Image: Untamed Isles)
Riley Kennedy
The founder of a game development studio in hibernation after the crypto crash stalled its ability to raise cash says he “absolutely understands” the company’s backers’ frustrations.Phat Loot Studios' founder and lead developer, Joshua Grant, said getting its game, Untamed Isles – which it has spent two years developing – launched, is the “only option we are focused on”.The studio was meant to be less than two months away from launching the multiplayer turn-based, open-world adventure game int...

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