Developers Turn to Torrents for Game Distribution Amid Legal Issues

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Despite legal issues and a cease and desist letter, Ironmace is going ahead with a playtest of their upcoming dungeon crawler game, Dark and Darker, via torrents available on the game's Discord server until April 19. Ironmace is currently in a legal battle with Nexon after Korean officials searched their offices for stolen code and assets. The game was delisted from Steam, and an Ironmace developer's GoFundMe to help with legal fees was reportedly removed after raising $46,000 in less than an hour.
- Dark and Darker Devs Distributing Game on Discord as Playtest Goes Ahead Amid Legal Issues IGN
- Dark and Darker devs ask fans to torrent April playtest because "it's taking time to resolve the Steam situation" Gamesradar
- Dark and Darker dev asks players to torrent latest playtest after Steam delisting Eurogamer.net
- RPG Pulled From Steam Over Theft Allegations Asks Fans To Torrent It Instead Kotaku
- Dark and Darker is still kicked off Steam, so Ironmace is 'going old school' with BitTorrent for the latest playtest and fans are loving it PC Gamer
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