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[BennyBlanco]

As Ironmace announced on its Dark and Darker Discord channel, "Due to the complexities of our situation, especially across international lines, it is taking time to resolve the Steam situation. In order for us to keep our promise to our fans we've had to go old school this time."

More specifically, players wishing to get in on the playtest will need to download the latest Dark and Darker game client using a torrent link provided by the developer. "Do not get the torrent from any other sources," it warns, "as we cannot guarantee the integrity of any other links".

With no obvious end in sight for its legal issues, Ironmace says "all future patches will be distributed in this manner". And as for its progress on reaching a resolution with Nexon, it merely added, "Rest assured that we are working around the clock to safeguard the continuance of Dark and Darker."

Dark and Darker dev asks players to torrent latest playtest after Steam delisting

Dark and Darker studio Ironmace Games has asked players to torrent the mediaeval extraction looter's latest build follo…

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Man. This sucks. I played the hell out of their first demo and it was really shaping up nicely. If they sort their shit out, they have a massive hit on their hands. The demo had over 100k concurrent players.

 

[Fuz]

Why have they been delisted?

IIRC the game was also going pretty well.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

The beauty of P2P freedom, nobody can censure it. Hope their problem will be soon solved.

Why have they been delisted?

"Ironmace was accused of making its game "using materials and assets they worked on during their time" at developer Nexon"

 

[Fuz]

The beauty of P2P freedom, nobody can censure it. Hope their problem will be soon solved.


"Ironmace was accused of making its game "using materials and assets they worked on during their time" at developer Nexon"

Not sure if true, but nonetheless, Nexon is scum.

 

[SeraphJan]

Why have they been delisted?

IIRC the game was also going pretty well.

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Nexon say a new game from Ironmace has 'striking similarities' to one of their own

kotaku.com

 

[Abriael_GN]

Weirdly, a lot of gamers in Korea have been siding with Nexon on this, and there's quite some outrage/amazement about the fact that many western gamers despise Nexon and are siding with Ironmace.

 

[SmokedMeat]

This was very popular during the last Steam Next Fest. Hope everything gets sorted out.