Dark and Darker, the fantasy dungeon crawler game, can freely continue its development without fear of being shut down. The large publisher Nexon complained, wanting to remove the game, and everything went to the Korean Supreme Court, which stated that there was no copyright infringement.
It all came down to whether they violated the copyrights of something that Nexon calls project P3. The court ruled that they did not. How could they infringe on the copyrights of a project that has not yet seen the light of day, you ask? An employee who moved from Nexon to Ironmace was convicted, and the court confirmed it, for selling secrets. This will cost the studio 5.7 billion Won. Which is about 3.3 million euros. Yikes! The good news for them is that they will get a refund, as the original ruling for that part was 8.5 billion that they had already paid.
Who is the winner in this whole case? Probably Ironmace, but at what cost? Especially since the trial regarding whether there were criminal activities is just coming up. Dark and Darker will celebrate two years in early access in June. We will see if this media hype brings them success or not. After the announcement of the ruling, the number of players rapidly increased.
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