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Last month Paranautical Activity developer Mike Maulbeck found himself in hot water when in a fit of rage he threatened to kill Valve founder Gabe Newell following an ad error on Steam erroneously listing his game as still being in Early Access. Maulbeck later apologised for his behaviour, then promptly resigned. Now he's back at the studio he co-founded, Code Avarice."Mike couldn't commit to his decision to leave Code Avarice," the studio said on its official blog. "In the weeks following his official stepping down Mike had second thoughts. Looking for a new source of income was extremely overwhelming and when it finally came time to put pen to paper, Mike and Travis [Pfenning, co-founder] agreed the best thing to do would be to have Mike return to Code Avarice. In retrospect we should have waited until everything was finalised before making the announcement, but Mike was extremely eager to just get out and never look back."
The studio is taking steps to spruce up its professional image, such as launching a separate Twitter account just for the company, in which each post will be proofread by both Maulbeck and Pfenning. "We're taking steps to make Code Avarice more about the games and less about the people making them. From now on rather than blog posts being written and signed by one of the developers, they will all be co-written by Mike AND Travis, and written from the perspective of the company rather than an individual," the studio explained. "Interacting with Mike and Travis will now be completely optional."
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