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Dark and Darker pulled again, this time from Epic Games Store, as legal woes continue


A year after developer Ironmace managed to get its free-to-play medieval extraction looter Dark and Darker back on digi…

Dark and Darker's legal troubles began in 2023, shortly after its demo had a bit of a moment on Steam, when Nexon accused Ironmace of copyright infringement, claiming members of the development team had used "materials and assets they worked on during their time" at Nexon to create Dark and Darker - an accusation Ironmace repeatedly denied. Watch on YouTube Addressing the situation in a message shared on the official Dark and Darker Discord (as spotted by PCGamesN), Ironmace wrote, "The decision appears to be based on claims made by opposing parties in an ongoing legal dispute. Ironmace didn't explicitly name the opposing party in its "ongoing legal dispute", but these latest development are almost certainly connected to the studio's battle with Nexon, which reached another milestone earlier this year.

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