Game dev sabotages own game

[D.B.Cooper]

This is a new one:

Spintires Dev ‘Sabotages’ Game After Publisher Relationship Breaks Down

Spintires [official site], the splendid game of mud and massive vehicles, appears to have been intentionally damaged by its creator Pavel Zagrebelnyj. We reported on the troubles that were brewing at Oovee last year. In short, financial disagreements and Pavel’s claims that he couldn’t update the game as he wanted to had caused a division between developer and publisher. Now, players are reporting crashes and the malfunctioning pieces of code appear to have been intentionally placed – ‘timebombs’, triggered at set times or dates. There’s a fix. For the game, if not for Pavel and Oovee.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/03/02/spintires-sabotage-timebombs/

 

[LaraC]

That is a sure way to burn bridges and to annoy your customers.

 

[cguy]

That is a sure way to burn bridges and to annoy your customers.

It's also going to look awesome on his resume.

 

[ODTech]

This is a new one:

Spintires Dev ‘Sabotages’ Game After Publisher Relationship Breaks Down



https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/03/02/spintires-sabotage-timebombs/

Totaly plausible. Russians are crazy.