With ongoing legal issues affecting its Dark And Darker Gold position on Steam, Dark and Darker devs ask fans to torrent the game to access future playtests. With Dark and Darker having already been delisted from Steam due to some controversy, developer Ironmace has asked fans to torrent the game to continue supporting it.
Nexon and Ironmace have been in a legal back-and-forth since March which has caused the Dark and Darker Steam woes for the latter, but its solution may be viable for some potential fans and a workaround to get the diehards back into the dungeon crawling right away.
Nexon is the developer behind titles like Maple Story and Godzilla Defense Force, but it currently has a game in the works dubbed P3 that shares a suspicious number of similarities with Dark and Darker. Because there are developers working on Dark and Darker with experience at Nexon that could've been privy to P3, Nexon noticed "major gameplay, rules, and art" similarities between the two titles after an investigation. As a result, Nexon has issued a DMCA and cease and desist to Ironmace regarding the work being done on cheapest Dark And Darker Gold and its Steam status, but Ironmace seems undeterred by the legalities and plans to move forward through torrenting.