Lovecraftian horror game The Sinking City, which initially debuted just over a year ago, has gone missing. It’s no longer available to purchase on Steam, nor on the Epic Games Store, Xbox One,. The Sinking City is an action-adventure game developed by Frogwares and inspired by the works of horror fiction author H. Lovecraft.Set in the fictional city of Oakmont, Massachusetts during the 1920s, the story follows private investigator and war veteran Charles W. Reed as he searches for clues to the cause of the terrifying visions plaguing him, and becomes embroiled in the mystery of. Greetings everyone, As announced by Epic Games a few moments ago at GDC, The Sinking City will be available on the Epic Games store for a limited time before its release on Steam. We've made a Q&A in order to be transparent as transparent with you as possible about our decision. Where will I be able to purchase and play The Sinking City? We’ve agreed to partner with Epic Games to.
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The Sinking City developer Frogwares has said the version of its game currently on Steam was not made by Frogwares.
In a tweet posted today and shared over to the game's newsfeed on Steam, Frogwares is asking users not to purchase the game.
'Frogwares has not created the version of [The Sinking City] that is today on sale on [Steam]. We do not recommend the purchase of this version. Show smooth shiny silver stones. More news soon,' reads the statement.
The studio has not published any additional updates as of the time of this writing. We've reached out to both the developer and the publisher, Nacon, for comment.
The Sinking City was pulled from shelves by Frogwares amid a legal dispute between the studio and Nacon in August 2020, after it alleged Nacon -- formerly Big Ben Interactive -- breached several clauses of the licensing agreement for the game, and allegedly owed Frogwares around €1 million in payments.
It was returned to digital platforms last month, following a decision in the Paris Court of Appeal that Frogwares had 'terminated [its] contract in a 'manifestly unlawful' manner.'
In a statement last week coinciding with the release of The Sinking City on PlayStation 5, Frogwares stated that it was both the developer and publisher of the PS5 version, but the PS4 version had a separate publisher and different game IDs due to 'an ongoing current legal and technical situation,' preventing a platform upgrade for PS4 owners.
As it stands, The Sinking City is currently available for sale on the PlayStation Store, Xbox storefront, Nintendo eShop, and various PC storefronts including Steam.
Following claims that the publisher pirated the game.
Lots of people pirate games. Pirates, gamers, and I probably shouldn’t have made a list. The point is that the one entity you generally would not expect to be selling a pirated game is the game’s own publisher. But this is 2021 where up is down, left is right, and video game publishers sell pirated copies of the games they publish.
The ongoing legal fight between French developer Frogwares and publisher Nacon came to yet another hurdle with the Steam version of The Sinking City delisted yet again. The two entities have been fighting it out in the courtroom over allegations that Nacon violated Frogwares’ IP, attempted to steal their intellectual properties, and had missed payments. Back in August Frogwares forcibly removed The Sinking City from digital stores, offering mountains of evidence to the public to justify its actions.
In late February The Sinking City mysteriously reappeared on Steam once again under Nacon. Upon discovery, Frogwares grabbed a copy of the game and decompiled it to find that Nacon had allegedly pirated a copy, removed watermarks, and reuploaded it to Steam themselves. Once again they provided a mountain of evidence to the public.
The Sinking City Steam Reddit
The case of Frogwares v. Nacon continues, and we’re going to guess the DMCA won’t exactly extinguish the flames between the two parties.