“Dark and Darker: The Controversial Video Game That Was Removed from Steam and Went to Torrents.”

2023-04-16 22:28:51

Dark and Darker was taken out of Steam, but the developers did not give up and went to the torrent. Nexon does not give up and attacks once more

The creators of Dark and Darker combined the concept of Escape from Tarkov with fantasy, which many people liked. After a series of tests, Nexon, the former employer of IRONMACE employees, showed up.

Nexon accused them of stealing the source code, allegedly Dark and Darker was assembled from a canceled project of the company. Dark and Darker was removed from Steam, but testing did not stop – now the game is being distributed via torrent.

They began to fight with this, a link to the distribution removed on a social network due to copyright infringement. It is assumed that Nexon is behind this, which is trying to curtail development through the courts and seek compensation.

Blogger Onepeg studied the material of the case. Nexon makes it look like the creators of Dark and Darker are threatening the video game industry and their victory might set a dangerous precedent:

«[ранее авторы Dark and Darker говорили о том, что брали готовые ассеты в магазине Unreal, когда Nexon указала на ряд странных совпадений с её проектом]

If the defendants [разработчики Dark and Darker] were right, any developer who bought assets from the Unreal Engine Marketplace would not have [возможности защитить свою игру]. Regardless of how creative the developer is in choosing assets, everything can be copied if desired by any other developer. A work of great creative potential would remain uncopyrighted simply because the “building blocks” for it were taken from the Unreal Engine Marketplace».

Fragment at the 26th minute.

Onepeg got acquainted with the materials.

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