Perfect World Entertainment enters into publishing agreement for Gigantic

Perfect World Entertainment Inc., announced plans to publish Gigantic – the free-to-play, action MOBA developed by Motiga Games. This partnership with Perfect World Entertainment expands the game’s reach, allowing support for players with Win64 operating systems via the Arc Games platform and a standalone launcher. This is in addition to the previously announced Windows 10 and Xbox One versions of the game.

Gigantic, developed by Motiga, will join the growing lineup of games including Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, PWI and more as Perfect World Entertainment continues to introduce quality free-to-play titles to the PC and console markets. “2016 continues to be a year of growth for Perfect World Entertainment,” said Bryan Huang, CEO of Perfect World Entertainment. “As we expand our line-up of partnered developers, we always want to ensure that our team is publishing quality content for gamers. The passion that the Motiga team has makes them a perfect partner for PWE as we accomplish our goal of bringing quality products to the industry.”

“Our team is thrilled to work with Perfect World Entertainment who shares our vision for our game. This partnership will enable us to focus on creating the best experience possible.” said Chris Chung, CEO of Motiga. “Motiga has always thrived off of the excitement of our players, and the continued success that Perfect World Entertainment has had in the free-to-play space has solidified our desire to partner with them for our upcoming launch.”

Gigantic is a free-to-play action MOBA developed by Motiga that pits teams of five heroes and their massive guardians against each other in highly intense battles across a variety of maps. The game combines explosive combat with fast-paced teamwork, strategy, and skill, as players fight to defeat the opposing guardian with spells, guns, and swords.

Back in February, the studio halted development of the game altogether as it announced massive layoffs while it sought more funding. This agreement will hopefully find those impacted back on their jobs. Motiga noted at the time that

"Though we are in active and promising discussions with a number of potential investors, the timing for those negotiations extends beyond the resources we have to maintain the staffing required to continue development on Gigantic. Our goal at this time is to work aggressively to identify the resources we need to rehire the members of the Motiga family that were laid off today, securing our financial future so that the Gigantic community can continue to work with us to develop this title, and ultimately bring the complete Gigantic experience to the marketplace."

There is obviously no release information currently but we will keep you updated as soon as we can. What are your thoughts on Gigantic re-emerging? Let us know