Any time an employer has issues paying employees then it’s not a good thing. Bad JuJu Games, the current owner of Desura, have been exhibiting problems paying developers who distribute their games through the Desura service. They recently tried assuaging concerns over the situation by mentioning that the delayed payments were being addressed and that things will be okay. Well, things aren’t okay and the company is reportedly filing for bankruptcy.

Noaksey and PC Invasion, amongst others, have spotted comments from Bad Juju employees who mentioned that the parent company of Indie Royale and Desura, Bad Juju, is filing for bankruptcy. Indie Royale’s Graeme Boxall pointed people to Inforuptcy [backup], which has a notice up indicating that Bad JuJu Games is filing for bankruptcy.

Boxall commented about the news on Twitter, mentioning…

Desura and Indie Royale just starting to trend. Not had that happen in years! Shame it's on the last day!!! — Graeme Boxall (@uncomplex) June 5, 2015

Bad JuJu’s head of public relations, Lisa Morrison, mentioned to Gamasutra…

“I asked Tony [Novak, CEO of Bad Juju] for confirmation and all he could tell me was, ‘The lawyers have said I can’t say anything or answer any questions yet, but yes it’s true.’”

Gamers are being advised by some to retrieve whatever keys they purchased from Desura while they still can, and developers are being advised to either start removing their games from the service or at least keep a watchful eye on what happens given that there’s no word yet on whether Desura will shutdown or if another owner will step in and assume operation over the digital distributor following Bad JuJu’s dissolution.

Bad JuJu Games originally took hold of Desura back in 2014 following Linden Labs stepping away from the indie gaming distributor.

It’s a sad time for indies because Desura was a great way to find some unique games either in development or already on the market that may not have been available on other gaming portals.