{"id":77055,"date":"2023-10-02T19:03:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/pc\/hatoful-boyfriend-creator-says-epic-games-owes-her-royalties\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T19:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:03:38","slug":"hatoful-boyfriend-creator-says-epic-games-owes-her-royalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=77055","title":{"rendered":"Hatoful Boyfriend Creator Says Epic Games Owes Her Royalties"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Mediatonic is best known for the colorful battle royale Fall Guys<\/em>. Long before it was purchased by Epic Games, however, the UK-based studio created the international HD remaster of the cult-hit dating sim about pigeons that go to high school, Hatoful Boyfriend<\/em><\/span>. The game\u2019s original creator, manga artist Hato Moa, now says she hasn\u2019t received a paycheck for sales of the remaster in two years.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve got no royalty payment for Hatoful Boyfriend<\/em> from Epic since they acquired Mediatonic back in spring 2021,\u201d Moa tweeted<\/a><\/span> last week after Epic Games announced over 800 layoffs<\/span>, with Mediatonic particularly hard-hit<\/span>. \u201cI don\u2019t think the sales have been zero for two years?\u201d She also said she had previously reached out to Epic but it had never responded. The company did respond to her tweets<\/a><\/span>, however, promising to look into the matter.<\/p>\n