Phat Loot in hibernation due to crypto bust

Phat Loot in hibernation due to crypto bust
Untamed Isles raised $840,000 from more than 3,000 backers on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. (Image: Untamed Isles)
Riley Kennedy
A game development company that turned to the crowd to get off the ground has had to halt its operations after the crypto crash cut short its next round of fundraising.Tauranga-based gaming studio Phat Loot Studios spent the last two years developing the multiplayer turn-based, open-world adventure game, Untamed Isles.The game's premise was meant to offer the player an experience of being in a “living world for monster hunters and monster tamers”. However, with less than two months before its intended release in October, le...

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