Ironmace is seeking an injunction from former publisher Nexon following the publisher's claims that Dark and Darker was written with code stolen from a game the team was developing for Nexon. said that it was rejected.
The Ironmace developer, known as SDF, said in a statement to players on its Discord server that the court had rejected Nexon's injunction against “trade secret and copyright infringement” and that “therefore, Dark & Darker is a Nexon company. Violation of secrecy and copyright.”
The court also reportedly ruled that Dark and Darker's service “should not be suspended based solely on Nexon's claims and evidence,” opening up the possibility of the game returning to Steam. .
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“Nexon's request for a preliminary injunction against Iron Mace for trade secret and copyright infringement has been dismissed,” Iron Mace's SDF said in a statement posted on its official Discord server and translated from Korean via Google Translate. Ta.
“The court ruled that “Ironmace's games are not considered to infringe Nexon's copyrights or trade secrets,'' and that Dark and Darker was developed using Nexon's trade secrets and was copyrighted. Nexon rejected the claim and suspicion that it was infringing. The court also ruled that Dark & Darker's service should not be suspended based solely on Nexon's claims and evidence. ”
SDF said Nexon did not participate in its own game codenamed P3 as evidence, despite Nexon's claims that Dark and Darker was developed from P3 code. acknowledged that the court's decision on Nexon's unfair competition claims was “unfortunate.”
“The court's decision on unfair competition is unfortunate in that it emanates from a situation in which Nexon did not even submit the P3 game itself as official evidence,” SDF added.
“However, this is due to the limitations of examining evidence in provisional injunction proceedings, and according to the provisional injunction decision, one of the reasons why the court rejected Nexon's application for provisional injunction was the need for an honest examination of evidence, and this lawsuit trial.
SDF concluded by stating, “If a sufficient and thorough examination of the evidence in this case is conducted, the unreasonableness of Nexon's claims and the truth of Iron Mace's innocence will be revealed.'' They also thanked players around the world for their support, adding that Ironmace hopes to “invest and do everything in their power to develop Dark & Darker into a solid game that will serve him well beyond his 10 years.”
Nexon has yet to publicly comment on the ruling or confirm whether it intends to appeal (thanks, TheGamer)
As Victoria previously explained, the South Korean developer of medieval looter game Dark and Darker had his offices raided following allegations that the studio created the game with stolen code, and Ironmace received a cease-and-desist order from Nexon. A DMCA takedown notice has been sent to you. “Based on distorted claims.” As a result, Dark and Darker has been removed from Steam. They then tried to use ChatGPT to prove they were not infringing copyright.
But now, Dark and Darker is back online, albeit in early access, and Ironmace has created its own launcher, known as Blacksmith, to sell the game directly through its website and digital storefront Chaf Games. Selected.
ICYMI, Dark and Darker is coming to mobile. Krafton, the publisher of PUBG: Battlegrounds, has acquired the rights to bring the RPG to mobile devices, praising the game's “potential and unique creativity,” while the developer said Ironmace was “something compelling. “I used it,” he said.
Oh, and did you know that Dark and Darker also has their own coffee?
