Hacker News Reader

"Since when do states give massive loans to game development companies without a single successful title under their belt?"

Since game development companies started being run by sports heroes who are virtually revered in the region (as Curt Shilling is in New England).

Rhode Island's last governor, Donald Carceri, was a lame duck when he set up the loan. The current governor, Lincoln Chaffee, tried to stop the loan when he took office, but it was too late.

Georgia has been negotiating sweetheart deals with various game studios (Hi-Rez and CCP to name two) that supposedly include some really nice benefits (like free rent/office space) in exchange for moving some or all of a studio's operations to the state, but I don't know if it includes loans.

Did CCP actually an office in Georgia or was did they just inherit offices from their acquisition of White Wolf? I believe CCP had software engineers in Atlanta working on the White Wolf MMO.