Gazillion developers getting tweets from other game companies asking them to turn in resumes and see what they can do. That's some good that's happening from this messed up situation. But otherwise...
Gazillion's management screwed everyone involved, and Bree Royce said it best in comments: Gazillion stonewalled everyone before it fell apart (not just it's own players), and didn't expect the outcome. Disney had a tenuous license agreement with them, promises and deadlines disappeared with nothing to show for it, so Disney pulled the license. Gazillion made their announcement to shutdown, but forgot a part of their plan: their funding was contiguous with Disney being on board. Since the banks were shut out of the discussion along with everyone else, they withdrew everything immediately.
So, this is what a zero-accountability shutdown looks like. Disney pulled it's license, so they have no obligation to the game or it's players any longer leaving all the responsibility on Gazillion. Gazillion is dead as a company, so they can't pay their staff or issue refunds, and the CEO is out the door with the rest of the staff. That's the most likely "buck stops here" person responsible, but guess who can afford to mount a legal defense?
I'm sorry that this sets the same precedent that the City of Heroes closure did: no need for a sunset plan, just freeze everything and shut it off. Except this will end worse than what we got... at least we got the three months because NCSoft was still going on after the shutdown. I'm especially sorry for this game's fans, who aren't even getting what was promised after the Shutdown was announced.
