Last year, following the cataclysmic implosion of 38 Studios, the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning rights are scheduled to go to auction as early as this month. Richard Land, the court-appointed receiver for 38, told WPRI that Copernicus and the Amalur IP will go on sale "soon."

Loading

Land explained, "The process is taking longer than we anticipated for a variety of reasons including the complexity of the game itself. We have engaged an auctioneer and they are developing an Internet marketplace – or website – to market the game."That web auction is expected to go live some time in September, and Land claims "We've had other interested parties that we have been working with directly" already. The auction will include the "portfolio of games from Big Huge Games that [the state] inherited."The rights are in the hands of the state following Rhode Island's acquisition of the Amalur IP and its assets, including the incomplete Project Copernicus MMO. 38 first dissolved in May 2012 and laid off its entire staff before it filed for bankruptcy . Its debt was under investigation earlier this year following 38's attempt to dismiss the state's lawsuit against ex-MLB star Curt Schilling's video game studio.

Mitch Dyer is an Associate Editor at IGN. He’s currently reading David Benioff’s City of Thieves. Read his ramblings on Twitter follow him on IGN , and listen to him on Podcast Unlocked