this inafune guy was working on recore while mighty no.9 was still in development?

He did Mighty No. 9 and ReCore, which underdelivered and, for many people, reason enough to hate him. :P

But for real, what really got people MAD was how the Mighty No 9 kickstarted and development was handled. Here is the laundry list:

- The game was heavily delayed with very little information being release. Lead many to believe he ran away with the cash :D

- Failed to delivered on some of the kickstarted promises and stretch goals.

- Launched the kickstarter for the Mega Man Legends style game before finishing MN9. Then announced that an "investor" will take care of the dev costs and that the Kickstarter funds would NOT be refunded (lol), but instead be used for "stretch goals". Nothing specific of course.

- Got the gig to make ReCore way before he delivered on MN9. People must have felt that he should've focused on the game people were originaly paying him for. Also if he has the pull to get backed by a company like Micro$oft why use kickstarter? It's a matter of principle and it reflected bad on him.

I may have missed a few things maybe, but I bet these are the main ones.

Doesn't sound like a full on merger and more like comcept becomeing a part of level 5 to me. That's what I assumed was going on anyways.

I mean level 5 is a relatively big developer with a few mega-franchises under it's belt, while comcept has part of Recore......and MN9. I don't see them having enough leverage to get a full on merger.

Thousands. Around 70 thousand people he scammed.

If I'm reading things properly, Level5 acquired Comcept and created a new studio (Level5 Comcept), not a merger?

I imagine Comcept had to find a buyer or close.