Following claims that the publisher pirated the game.
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- You can finally buy The Sinking City on Steam once again, but the game's original developer Frogwares says that it's uninvolved with this particular release of the game on PC. The Sinking City is an investigative horror game with some serious Lovecraftian vibes.
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- The Sinking City is a third-person detective game that takes the player back to the 1920s and puts him in an open world inspired by the works of the master of science fiction horror, H. Lovecraft.The game tells a story of a private detective, Charles Reed, who comes to the city of Oakmont to investigate a mysterious flood that covers the place.
Lots of people pirate games. Pirates, gamers, and I probably shouldn’t have made a list. The point is that the one entity you generally would not expect to be selling a pirated game is the game’s own publisher. But this is 2021 where up is down, left is right, and video game publishers sell pirated copies of the games they publish.
The ongoing legal fight between French developer Frogwares and publisher Nacon came to yet another hurdle with the Steam version of The Sinking City delisted yet again. The two entities have been fighting it out in the courtroom over allegations that Nacon violated Frogwares’ IP, attempted to steal their intellectual properties, and had missed payments. Back in August Frogwares forcibly removed The Sinking City from digital stores, offering mountains of evidence to the public to justify its actions.
In late February The Sinking City mysteriously reappeared on Steam once again under Nacon. Upon discovery, Frogwares grabbed a copy of the game and decompiled it to find that Nacon had allegedly pirated a copy, removed watermarks, and reuploaded it to Steam themselves. Once again they provided a mountain of evidence to the public.
The case of Frogwares v. Nacon continues, and we’re going to guess the DMCA won’t exactly extinguish the flames between the two parties.
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What you need to know
- Frogwares is the studio that developed The Sinking City.
- Frogwares initially had a publishing relationship with French publisher Nacon (formerly Bigben Interactive).
- Ongoing legal drama over the last two years has seen Frogwares accuse Nacon of attempting to pirate The Sinking City.
- Today, Frogwares published a blog post explaining in detail how the studio believes Nacon pirated the version of The Sinking City currently available on Steam.
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The ongoing drama between The Sinking City developer Frogwares and publisher Nacon (formerly known as Bigben Interactive) isn't likely to end soon. Since 2019, the studio has been embroiled in legal battles with Nacon over the publishing rights of The Sinking City, a game heavily inspired by the works of Lovecraft. These legal problems have even seen The Sinking City delisted from multiple platforms, including Steam.
On Feb. 26, Frogwares made a post on Twitter, explaining that the studio was not responsible for publishing The Sinking City's return to Steam, promising more information to come.
Frogwares has not created the version of @thesinkingcity that is today on sale on @Steam. We do not recommend the purchase of this version. More news soon.
— Frogwares (@Frogwares) February 26, 2021Today, Frogwares published a lengthy breakdown explaining how the studio believes Nacon pirated The Sinking City, resulting in the version of the game currently available for sale on Valve's PC storefront.
The main crux of Frogwares' argument hinges around how the Nacon logo was uploaded and replaced the Gamesplanet logo that Frogwares included on some of the screens. Other 'digital footprints' picked up on include how the version of the game on Steam lacks Frogwares' electronic signature, while also noting that it was the Deluxe version of the game that had been pirated. Frogwares has also found evidence in Steam's credentials tracking that the person who uploaded the Steam version of The Sinking City is technical director of Neopica, a studio acquired by Nacon in October 2020.
'Nacon decided to steal and pirate our game and they did so while leaving giant digital footprints,' the post reads. 'Nacon has proved they are willing to do anything possible to serve their interest, including illegal actions.'
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The post goes on to explain that this is the third time that Nacon has attempted to force Frogwares to push a new version of the game — once in July 2020 and again in October later that year. This is also the third time that Nacon has attempted to publish a pirated version of The Sinking City, according to the post.
Frogwares notes that it is seeking further legal action against Nacon and to prevent further damages, as well as dealing with the theft of its source code.
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