Stone Age life sim Roots of Pacha returns to Steam following rights tussle
eurogamer.netStone Age farming and village life sim Roots of Pacha has returned to Steam following the end of a rights dispute between its developer and publisher, who have now announced the decision to «amicably part ways under terms that are mutually beneficial».
Roots of Pacha, which launched to an extremely positive reception back in April, was pulled from Valve's storefront by publisher Crytivo earlier this month — a move developer Soda Den claimed had occurred "«without [its] knowledge or consent». «We worked hard to amicably resolve our issue with Crytivo internally,» it said at the time. «Instead of working with us to address the issue, Crytivo went to Valve and authorised them to remove Roots of Pacha from Steam».
Crytivo, meanwhile, claimed Soda Den had unexpectedly moved to «unilaterally rescind the contract we had worked under for three years».
Whatever the specifics behind the disagreement might have been, two weeks on, both parties have now released a joint statement insisting the dispute has been resolved. «Over the past two weeks, Crytivo and Soda Den have worked tirelessly to achieve the common goal of restoring Roots of Pacha on Steam,» the companies wrote in their statement. «We are happy to share we have reached an agreement and that Roots of Pacha has been restored to Steam for all to purchase.
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