Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert cancels 2D pixel art Zelda-like RPG after struggling to secure funding - "The deals that publishers were offering were just horrible."Eurogamer
Japanese game developers face ridiculously high font license fees following US acquisition of major domestic provider. Live-service games to take the biggest blow - The old LETS plan allowed developers to integrate high-quality Japanese fonts into their game builds for roughly 60,000 yen a year (around USD $380). Under the new Monotype structure (which no longer has local pricing for Japan), a plan that permits game integration is reported to cost $20,500 per year. Even more problematic for developers, the contract includes a 25,000-user cap for applications using provided fonts, which, as Game*Spark points out, is completely unrealistic for most commercial titles nowadaysAutomaton