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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning 2
was "pre-production" in 38 Games Studios' Big Huge in Maryland before all employees were fired last week. Several sources with knowledge of the situation tells Joystiq that the company was in advanced talks with a publisher before the events that led to the dissolution of the team.

Even if the Big Huge Games team could be registered under another flag, it is unlikely to work in

Reckoning 2. Intellectual Property
, technology and code (the latter is used as a springboard) needed to make a sequel is still owned by 38 Studios, for now, but it will probably soon be the property of the state of Rhode Island. Sources close to talks with Rhode Island, we are told that the price charged by the state to release the assets is very high.

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