PC Developer Issues Takedown Notice Against Its Own Game, Claims Publisher Pirated It
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The Sinking City developer Frogwares has publicly accused former publisher Nacon of pirating the Lovecraftian adventure game for its recent re-release on Steam, the arrival of which put the Ukrainian studio in the weird position of asking potential customers not to purchase its own game last week.
Advertisement that the game was removed from Steam earlier today at the request of developers Frogwares, who issued a DMCA takedown notice against publisher Nacon which Valve “responded to”. Original story follows.
On February 26, following the game’s sudden appearance on Steam, Frogwares tweeted that “we do not recommend the purchase” of
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