Mars Sandbox ROKH Updates Delayed Due To Legal Dispute

ROKH publisher Darewise Entertainment has been quiet these past couple of weeks. Turns out the Paris-based development and publishing studio had a legal problem that they had to deal with. Darewise explains in their latest developer update.

“We wanted to share with you today what has happened over the past few weeks on the project. As mentioned in our last project update, 2 teams were investigating the source code of ROKH to establish a fixing roadmap. It turned out that the project we had access to was incomplete. We had to enter in a legal dispute with our former development partner to get the latest version of the project source code as well as all available material of the project (engine, assets, documentation).”

The dispute put Darewise behind on the release of the game’s first testable version. The studio, however, is hard at work on making the game more stable. “Red Kite Games, former Rockstar Games developers, was able to collect some info on the game,” says Darewise. “They will be starting the first milestone by refactoring the project to have it in a more stable state for development and fixing, as well as starting to fix some network issues.”

ROKH is an upcoming survival sandbox MMORPG set in Mars. Check out the official launch trailer below. You can also head over to the game’s Steam Community page for more info.