RiME And 'Song Of Nunu' Developer Tequila Works Has Filed For Insolvency

Wow this game looks great. Looking forward to buying it and winning the game 🙂

This is among my most favorite studios and is crushing to hear.

I would like to know if this has anything to do with Somg of Nunu and the way Riot Games handled some of the studios who made games for them. There were a handful of interesting products that came out of their short lived attempt to expand the League of Legends universe, but none of them got the long term support.

I didn’t even pick up Nunu, or Ruined King despite knowing I’d love them - too much baggage with original franchise AND no physical release.

This deserves some keen observation by journalists

Rime was my first physical I cancelled after I found out how awful the frame rate was on switch and I am sad as it looked great on other platforms.
But this is sad news

Such a shame, I played Rime recently and thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay and story - a game that will leave a mark on me for some time.
Hopefully the staff come out of this ok

A pity indeed, this is never good news, but it's what happens when you deal with Tencent...

Anyway, does anyone know if Rime runs well on Switch now, after all these years? I might still get it at some point.

Only one of their games I played was the Sexy Brutale and that was a gem of a game. Truly a shame more talent was lost.

@the_beaver Rime is the worst game I have ever played on Switch (oh wait, just behind Batman Arkham Knight). Not only is the port a nightmare, but the story itself is imo nothing that should be made into a videogame (Spoiler: it's about a miscarriage from the point of the view of a father). The puzzles have very poor logic, most of the time the character is either floating above ground or sunk into it ... I'll leave it at that. Horrible game.

That the studio's moto is to make games with taste is a bad joke when considering Rime.
Wish them all the best despite this bad experience I've had.

I really love RiME, had a great time. Haven't heard of the other one, I don't think, but wish everyone the best and will look that game up.

@Yalloo The translation for the Spanish word gusto is taste, but I assumed that "to make games with gusto" meant to make them with enthusiasm.

Someone took the money and ran. Hopefully the IP will end up at Infogrames rather than Tencent

@Markatron84 Yes, "con gusto" indeed means something like "with enthusiasm/pleasure/passion".

Once more it seems that selling out to Tencent for quick cash doesn't work out so well.

@Yalloo mods can you delete this guy's comment? He openly spoils the ending of Rime, one of my most favorite moments from gaming during the Switch era (but somehow still gets it wrong).

@the_beaver big patches were released for Rime post-release on Switch which improved the game drastically from its launch state. When I played it, there may have been some stutters here and there but I found it to be quite enjoyable.

Anyhoo, this stinks. I loved Rime, Song of Nunu is in my backlog, and I've had my eye of Gylt since it released (it received fairly positive reviews on other platforms).

Tencent. Not even once.

Deadlight was one of my favourite Xbox games. Great studio.

Tequila Works had some telltale signs the management was... Less than ready to handle projects. You you blame a weaker system for framerate problems, when there is still framerate problems on PC without a mod, you are more likely to pin responsibility and blame to others.

@Yodalovesu I played Rime in its patched state and the framerate was still absolutely dire. It’s a real pity as the art style is great.

@Yodalovesu Since you're calling me out, I will answer you.

• I didn't openly spoil the ending, since I preceded my description of the end of the story with "Spoiler:".
• The game is 7+ years old.
• As an art piece, don't be ofended by people who have a different perspective than you. It can only be positive and enriching to hear/discuss other point of views.
• As a videogame, it's my impressions/feelings that both the story, the gameplay, the puzzles and the performance are all bad in this game.
• I've checked the Wikipedia page of the game since I played it many years ago. And as much as it is a bit more vague and kind of open to interpretation, I do stand by my understanding/interpretation of the story/ending and the fact that to me this should never have been a videogame.
  I wonder why you'd think I "got it wrong".

Bottom line is, you and I just have different opinions.

@the_beaver @Markatron84 Ok, thanks for the explanation!

Bought Song of Nunu a few months ago on PS5. I liked the graphic style and natural environments, but unfortunately I found the actual game play really boring. Ended up bailing after a couple of hours.

That's sad, Rime was a solid game (on PS4).

@JohnnyMind Thanks for that. 🙏🏻

I just read the Sonic article where they're casually mentioning the end of both films ... and I got to thinking about that guy's comment complaining about me spoiling the end of an old game he's already finished ... life is full of irony, isn't it 😁

@Yalloo you got the ending wrong because nowhere does the game hint about the thing you said it's about nor does that wikipedia page you said you referenced. Either you don't know what that thing is, or you're thinking about a different game.

Thanks to JohnnyMind for the spoiler help. I didn't know that was possible on this site.