The phenomenon of Crunch culture is already known, where a company will institute mandatory overtime to meet deadlines. The phenomenon has become synonymous with video game development, as some claim that the games that institute them are not eligible for prices such as Best direction after Naughty Dog's The Last of Us: Part 2 won the Game Price Awards, but the problems go further than that. People are always human, with all the ability of violence that it implies.
Now, Lin Qi - founder of the Chinese video game developer Yoozoo - has been found dead of alleged poisoning. Although they are not at the same level as, say, Naughty Dog, they have been a great name for a long time on the game of more and more lucrative and even embodies in the cinema, acquiring (then selling) the Rights of Chinese Science to Success -Fi Roman Three-Body Problem, which she planned to produce in six films under the banner Yoozoo Films.
According to police statements, Mr. Lin admitted to the hospital after feeling bad and died on Christmas Day. Unconfirmed reports indicate that it has been poisoned by aged pu'er tea, a popular fermented drink in China. The police have a suspect in custody, which would be the head of the film production of Yoozoo, Xu Yao.
Yoozoo Games is best known for the Game of Thrones mobile strategy game: Winter Is Coming, based on the popular Fantastic Game of Thrones series, itself based on George Rr Martin A Song of Ice and Fire.) How much the mobile gaming market has become lucrative in recent years, Mr. Lin was estimated at 6.8 billion Huan - 960,000,000 USD.
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