AeternoBlade 2 devs hit back at PQube over game's publishing rights

rockpapershotgun.com:

Indie developers Corecell have responded to UK-based publisher PQube with another statement this time critiquing PQube’s contention that they tried to return the console rights to action puzzler AeternoBlade 2. Corecell came forward last week with the second accusation made by an indie team against PQube in less than a month, following A Space For The Unbound devs Mojiken Studio’s claims in late August. Both studios claim PQube withheld money from them.

The console publishing rights to AeternoBlade 2 still appear to be held by PQube, although the game was published independently on PC by Corecell. PQube previously defended themselves in a statement issued to media after Corecell made their original accusations against the publisher, and you can read both in full here. However, Corecell have now responded to PQube's defence in a statement issued to RPS and on Twitter.

In it, Corecell deny that the console publishing rights to AeternoBlade 2 ever reverted to them, as PQube claimed. "Pqube's statement contradicts by themselves: The first contradiction is, if they already return the rights, why the game is selling in the store under their name?" Corecell said, linking to AeternoBlade II's Xbox store page, where PQube are still listed as the publisher.

Pqube's statement contradicts by themselvesThe first contradiction is, if they already return the rights, why the game is selling in the store under their name?https://t.co/SHmIOdyATBEveryone can click and check it. we never get publishing control back pic.twitter.com/qe2bMgYmRX

"We never get publishing control back, we never insist to release in Oct 2019. Releasing the game requires mutual consent from both Corecell and Pqube," they continued, refuting PQube's claim that