Rocketwerkz boss Dean Hall's fury at Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash's Amazon deal
19 Apr, 2021 05:43 AM
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RocketWerkz chief executive Dean Hall talks about his new office.
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The head of New Zealand's second-largest gaming studio says he's been kneecapped by the Government - and specifically Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash and his self-described "landmark" subsidy deal with Amazon over its locally-shot Lord
of the Rings series.
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Rocketwerkz founder Dean Hall says he has 70 staff working on Icarus - a multiplayer sci-fi game that will see one or up to eight players trying to survive as prospectors on an unexplored alien world. When finished, later this year, it will be the biggest-budget, most lavish game to come out of NZ.