


Meanwhile, Nexon continues to file DMCA takedowns against the game, the most recent of which resulted in the removal of a tweet containing a magnet link and a link to the Discord post. They also won’t be able to hold the test in South Korea due to the country’s game rating regulations.

The studio warns fans not to download the torrent from any other sources except the upcoming dungeon crawler’s official Discord. In order for us to keep our promise to our fans, we’ve had to go old school this time.” Unfortunately, due to the complexities of our situation, especially across international lines, it is taking time to resolve the Steam situation. “Rest assured that we are working around the clock to safeguard the continuance of Dark and Darker. “Due to our current situation, we must be careful,” said Ironmace. Following Nexon’s copyright complaint, the studio is going to “Plan Z” and will be releasing Dark and Darker’s fifth alpha playtest via torrent. The developer is desperately trying to bring things back under control, and you've got to imagine these direct messages to the Dark and Darker community are the first stage in that process.Ĭheck out our Dark and Darker class guide to familiarize yourself with the main classes before the playtest eventually arrives.Ironmace isn’t backing down from its legal fight against Nexon and has found a way around it’s de-listing from Steam. It's been an extremely volatile time for Ironmace of late, even facing a police raid of their offices over claims of stolen code (which the developer said there was nothing to worry about). There's a lot of speculation here right now, but it does shoot down one common theory that the Ironmace developer who initiated the GoFundMe campaign was the victim of a hack. This person, who goes by the Discord moniker "Luci," previously set up a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a copyright dispute, but the campaign was deleted very swiftly, with Ironmace stating that it was "prematurely" revealed by an employee.ĭark and Darker players speculated that this Luci had had their responsibilities revoked in the Discord, and perhaps even their responsibilities in the wider game removed entirely. It had been noted that one former developer at Ironmace had been stripped of their roles in the developer Discord. Finally, the developer has shot down a theory that the employee who put up a recent GoFundMe had been sacked.
