The demo for PvP extraction dungeon crawler Darkish and Darker was successful earlier this yr, however then Nexon alleged copyright infringement, it bought booted off Steam, and its early entry launch was pushed again. Developer Ironmace continued, going as far as to distribute a playtest by torrent, and Ironmace CEO Terence Park has now confirmed to PC Gamer that Darkish and Darker will launch in early entry right now.
Darkish and Darker has not but returned to Steam, so Ironmace has partnered with a storefront known as Chaf Video games for distribution. There is a “buy” button on Darkish and Darker’s Chaf Video games web page, nevertheless it would not but work on the time of writing.
Ironmace continues to be self-publishing Darkish and Darker, and tells PC Gamer that it plans to “return to Steam as quickly as potential.”
“We can’t ignore the most important PC storefront on the planet,” stated Park.
The Nexon lawsuit has not but been resolved. The Korean recreation publishing large alleged that Ironmace’s founders, former Nexon staff, used copyrighted work from a cancelled Nexon mission within the creation of Darkish and Darker. Ironmace has denied that allegation, and Park reiterated that denial to PC Gamer right now.
“We constructed Darkish and Darker from the bottom up right here at Ironmace and stand by our work,” stated Park.