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“The passionate team at Squanch will continue to support and improve High on Life while creating games we know our fans will love,” the company said in a statement. Roiland founded Squanch Games in 2016 with former Epic Games exec Tanya Watson (then called Squanchtendo, renamed in 2017) and later served as sole CEO and developer. headed The company, named after Rick and Morty’s planet Skanch, includes Accounting+, Dr. Slorchy Presents publishes: Space Heroes and Trovers save the universe.
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Justin Roiland has quit the video game developer he co-founded, Squanch Games, amid domestic violence allegations. On Tuesday, the High on Life developer announced that Roiland has offered to step down as his CEO on January 16th. This comes four days after an NBC News article revealed that the creator faced numerous assaults and his one count of wrongful imprisonment for intimidation, violence, fraud, or intimidation. Fraud based on alleged incidents in 2020.
Perhaps its greatest success came on December 13th, when the company released his High on Life. It’s a respected first-person shooter that quickly became his biggest Xbox Game Pass launch of 2022 and the biggest third-party launch on the platform to date. Squanch Games currently has offices in Burbank, California and Raleigh, North Carolina. Roiland has also been dropped from Hulu’s shows, including Solar Opposites, the animated sitcom he co-produced with Mike McMahan, which launched in 2020, and this year’s debut, Koala Man, which he executive produced and voiced.
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20th TV has also terminated his full contract. Roiland said he is due for a pretrial hearing in court on April 27. His attorney, T. Edward Wellborn, said in a statement, “Not only is Justin innocent, but we expect the case to be dismissed once prosecutors complete a systematic review of the evidence. ” he said.
