Dark and Darker dev's legal woes are over - for now, at least

gamesradar.com:

A lawsuit against Dark and Darker's developer has been dismissed, but only on the grounds that it should be heard in a different country.

Yesterday, on August 18, Dark and Darker developer Ironmace announced that a United States District Court had dismissed Nexon's lawsuit against the studio and its co-founders, Terence Park and Ju-Hyun Choi. The court sided with Ironmace as the defendants, and ruled that South Korea would be a more "appropriate" venue for the lawsuit to be heard.

"We have long maintained that the US lawsuit was a heavy-handed attempt by a much larger game company to overpower its smaller competitor," a statement from Ironmace reads. "We are gratified that the Court recognized Nexon's litigation tactics for what they were, noting that it was 'suspicious of Nexon’s true motives in filing this action in the United States in the first place.' Fortunately, Nexon’s bullying approach to litigation did not succeed."

"We are pleased that Ironmace has been able to bring Dark and Darker to a global audience through its early access release on August 7, and are hopeful that, with this ruling, Dark and Darker will be able to return to US-based gaming platforms soon," Ironmace concludes. Dark and Darker is in early access right now, but it's only available on two smaller storefronts, instead of a major storefront like Steam.

Given the ruling of the court, it could well be the case that Nexon chooses to take its lawsuit to Korea, where developer Ironmace is based. There's no guarantee that the publisher opts to do this right now, as we've not heard any comment from Nexon since the US court's ruling yesterday.

Ironmace was originally sued by Nexon, its publisher, for copyright infringement earlier this year in April,