Dark And Darker Devs Find A Way Around Nexon’s Copyright Complaint And Steam De-Listing

Ironmace isn’t backing down from its legal fight against Nexon and has found a way around it’s de-listing from Steam. Following Nexon’s copyright complaint, the studio is going to “Plan Z” and will be releasing Dark and Darker’s fifth alpha playtest via torrent.

“Due to our current situation, we must be careful,” said Ironmace. “Rest assured that we are working around the clock to safeguard the continuance of Dark and Darker. Unfortunately, due to the complexities of our situation, especially across international lines, it is taking time to resolve the Steam situation. In order for us to keep our promise to our fans, we’ve had to go old school this time.”

The studio warns fans not to download the torrent from any other sources except the upcoming dungeon crawler’s official Discord. They also won’t be able to hold the test in South Korea due to the country’s game rating regulations.

Meanwhile, Nexon continues to file DMCA takedowns against the game, the most recent of which resulted in the removal of a tweet containing a magnet link and a link to the Discord post.

Holding the line was worth. No one hold like we do.

Please check the channel #announcements of the official Discord of @IronmaceGames for any questions of how to download the client.

You need to download via torrent.

Playtest until the 19th!#DarkAndDarker https://t.co/gfLPRdQH7l

— Dark and Darker (@DarkandDarkerEN) April 14, 2023