Why Nexon's DMCA might have killed Dark and Darker even before it could launch?

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Dark and Darker’s future, ironically, might have become irrevocably “dark” following the latest incidents a couple of days back. According to reports, South Korean game publisher Nexon sent Ironmace a DMCA, which led to the game's delisting from Steam. The most recent action may spell the end of a game that had been showing great promise. The community has been eagerly waiting for the next set of beta tests after a couple of popular alphas. During those earlier tests, players loved the title's gritty nature.

Ironmace themselves were quite receptive to all the feedback, but incidents from their past have caught up. Dark and Darker might never see a release in the tussle between Nexon and the developers.

Dark and Darker don't have an official existence as of the time of writing. The Steam webpage has been deleted, the servers have gone silent, and it's unclear what will happen to the game next. Nexon has issued a public statement announcing their actions in the title’s Discord server.

If Nexon is to be believed, the game might see an eventual release, but things look quite bleak. This is the latest escalation of a never-ending drama between them and Ironmace. It all boils down to a project titled P3. Many of the existing developers of Dark and Darker were part of the team developing Nexon’s project.

Nexon thinks Ironmace poached a handful of P3 characters for use in their next project. The developers had argued that there had not been any concept theft in response to a previous physical investigation of the offices, and there shouldn't be any issues.

Despite Ironmace’s earlier claims, there’s indeed a problem if Steam has delisted the game. Without getting into the specifics of the law, the case would not have even occurred if