The playtest will officially end at the following time:Īlthough comprehensive patch notes have not been released, there are several key changes introduced in Dark and Darker Playtest 5: During previous playtests, the developers extended the playtest window for a few additional days past the originally planned end time, but Ironmace has confirmed this playtest will not be extended. The drama continues.The April 2023 Dark and Darker playtest will run from 14 April, 2023 until 19 April, 2023 according to plans shared in the official Dark and Darker Discord server. Nexon, on the other hand, stands by its argument that the game concept and execution were stolen from them.Īt this point, all we can do is continue to wait on both the Korean courts for a ruling and now Valve to see if the Ironmace argument changes their minds at all. That last part is, at this point, up to a South Korean court to decide.ĭark and Darker lawyers and devs continue to argue that the only similarities between the two games are those of usual fantasy tropes, such as wizards and barbarians.

'While the actual expression of plot, storyline, and characters certainly may be protectable, copyright doesn’t protect concepts.' 'Nexon claims to have created 'unique concepts, genre, plot, storyline, characters, and plans for the game' - almost none of which is subject to copyright protection,' the letter to Valve said.

This of course is a response to Nexon's claims that Ironmace made a one-for-one recreation of a game the developers were working on a prototype of while working at Nexon. Now their lawyers are asking Valve to bring the game back to Steam.Īccording to Games Radar, Dark and Darker developer Ironmace says 'Nexon's claims relate to a game that Nexon never made and which does not exist'.

You can imagine the issues that would arise with that. Having been removed from Steam due to legal issues with Nexon, Dark and Darker delivered its latest playtest via torrent.

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