No, Big Huge Games, helmed by real gaming luminaries made Amalur. 38 purchased BHG and had them repurpose a game BHG built to fit the “Copernicus” world. Very few, if any, members of the real 38 Studuos team worked directly on KoA.

As an industry insider, I can tell you that the biggest problem was an inability to understand that you cannot hire full staff to build a game five years out. The churn, long before the move to Rhode Island, was only exacerbated by stipulations in the state’s investment to continue the hiring effort.