It was one of the yearās feel-good stories when Lab Zero Games raised over $800,000 so they could make more content for indie fighting game Skullgirls.
Itās one of the yearās saddest stories, then, that Paypal is being really weird with the studioās money.
Most of the contributions to Lab Zeroās IndieGoGo campaign were paid via PayPal, but given the size of the amount, the net payment giant wanted the Skullgirls developers to ātake on the riskā if a large number of backers decided not to actually pledge. Something the studio obviously couldnāt do.
So PayPal froze Lab Zeroās account, locking them out of their cash and preventing employees from being paid (part of the cash was to pay the wages of the developers needed to create the content).
Following complaints, including one lodged with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, PayPal have since opened up the account, though theyāre still holding $35,000 as ācollateralā.
Skullgirls DLC Character vote | The Campaign united us, The Voting will destroy us [NeoGAF]
Skullgirls funding held by Paypal [GI.biz]
