After coaxing 38 Studios to come to Rhode Island with a $75M loan to create jobs in the state, Gov. Chaffee and Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) have filed suit against the former development studio, in particular 38 Studios founder and former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling and former company CEO Jennifer Maclean, as well as banks Wells Fargo and Barclays Capital.

38 Studios owner Curt Schilling revealed in an interview with Boston Magazine that the MMO the now-defunct developer was working on had more-or-less died on the vine, and that Take 2 Interactive was about to sign a deal to publish Kingdoms of Amalur 2 when Rhode Island gov Lincoln Chaffee dropped the bombshell that destroyed the company.