Dark and Darker might soon be back on Steam

The Darkish and Darker Steam return could also be coming sooner reasonably than later, as updates to the RPG sport inside Valve’s retailer counsel a doable comeback, alongside a brand new Darkish and Darker playtest. It follows after the Ironmace sport was faraway from Steam because of copyright complaints from publishing firm Nexon, which has since moved to formally sue the Darkish and Darker crew. Regardless of these ongoing authorized issues, there’s now proof that Darkish and Darker might quickly be again on Steam – let’s have a look.

Darkish and Darker was faraway from Steam in March, following allegations that the crew at Ironmace had taken and reused property within the RPG that have been beforehand developed as a part of a separate venture overseen by Nexon. In a subsequent authorized submitting, Nexon alleges that builders at Ironmace – who had previously labored underneath Nexon – had stolen property from a Nexon sport dubbed ‘P3’ and used them to create Darkish and Darker.

Whereas Darkish and Darker’s authorized points are but to be resolved, the sport has carried out latest playtests exterior of Steam, a few of which, Ironmace claims, have been disrupted by DDoS assaults. Now, nevertheless, an replace within the Darkish and Darker Steam database hints the RPG may quickly return to Valve’s storefront.

On Might 17, the Darkish and Darker Steam backend acquired two updates. The primary was an replace to the sport’s central Steam retailer itemizing. The second was extra ominous, and appeared so as to add a beta tag named ‘Darkish and Darker playtest.’ You may see each updates, which as of this writing have been added a mere 14 hours in the past, within the picture under:

This definitely appears to suggest that one thing is going on underneath the Darkish and Darker hood. Actually, I keep in mind it was solely a few months in the past once we began seeing related updates within the Counter-Strike International Offensive Steam backend, and, properly, look the place that ended up. We’ll hold a eager eye on Darkish and Darker database particulars and replace you with every little thing we discover.

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