There is nothing ambiguous about this situation at all. On Discord, Ironmace has provided instructions for how to torrent its game playtest, in addition to straight-up tweeting the torrent link. Ironmace Explains How to Torrent Dark and Darker for Its Playtest Nonetheless, the legal drama is ongoing, and the show must go on. Ironmace and Nexon are both based in South Korea, and Ironmace has completely rejected Nexon’s accusations. The reason why is that Dark and Darker was removed from Steam last month amid legal trouble with Nexon, which claims that Ironmace stole not just game assets but even development staff from Nexon to create this game.

And as for its progress on reaching a resolution with Nexon, it merely added, 'Rest assured that we are working around the clock to safeguard the continuance of Dark and Darker.'ĭark and Darker's current playtest will run from today, 14th April to Wednesday, 19th April.Dark and Darker developer Ironmace is telling players to just torrent the new, fifth alpha playtest for its first-person dungeon crawler. With no obvious end in sight for its legal issues, Ironmace says 'all future patches will be distributed in this manner'. 'Do not get the torrent from any other sources,' it warns, 'as we cannot guarantee the integrity of any other links'. More specifically, players wishing to get in on the playtest will need to download the latest Dark and Darker game client using a torrent link provided by the developer. In order for us to keep our promise to our fans we've had to go old school this time.' Its legal troubles don't appear to have dissuaded Ironmace from continuing its work, however, and the studio has now released its fifth Dark and Darker playtest - which was previously expected to be one of the final playtests before the game went into Steam Early Access proper - albeit through rather unconventional means.Īs Ironmace announced on its Dark and Darker Discord channel, 'Due to the complexities of our situation, especially across international lines, it is taking time to resolve the Steam situation.

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