We'll keep an eye on this situation as it develops.
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Dark and Darker is an extraction shooter, but it's Dark And Darker Gold also a first-person dungeon crawling fantasy game. One that our Lauren Morton said "proves extraction shooters don't have to be shooters at all." Dark and Darker studio raided by police following 'stolen' code allegations
Its Open Alphas over the last few months have proven very popular, popping into the 100 or so most-played games on Steam for the weekends they've been available. Dark and Darker was due for another public playtest from April 14 to April 19, 2023. We'll keep an eye on this situation as it develops.
We've reached out to both Nexon and Ironmace for comment and will update if and when we receive a response. A Yonhap News report (Google translated) says police in South Korea have searched the office of Dark and Darker developer Ironmace and seized materials related to the project.
The raid in the city of Seongnam was reportedly connected to allegations that the game is being built using code and assets stolen from Nexon. The Ironmace website describes the studio as "a merry band of veteran game developers disillusioned by the exploitative and greedy practices we once helped create."
Nexon was reportedly working on a similar project, revealed in 2021 as P3, before pulling the plug on development later that year. Ironmace was founded shortly afterward, and includes former Nexon employees who apparently didn't part with the company on the best of terms:
A complaint over the matter was reportedly filed by Nexon with Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency in August 2021. The Yonhap report says the Gyeonggi Southern Police forwarded the matter to the Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office in August 2022, which Dark And Darker Gold Coins requested a "supplementary investigation" in December.
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