The Lovecraftian detective game, The Sinking City, has been on and off Steam several times recently due to an ongoing dispute between Frogwares developers and Nacon publisher. Earlier this week, Frogwares accused Nacon of pirating the game to release it on Steam and issued a DMCA notice to Valve to remove it from the showcase. Nacon has already responded, saying it has acted in accordance with the rights of its contract to make a version of the game available for sale in the store.
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The developers of Sinking City claim that Nacon was pirating him to put it on Steam
The developers of Sinking City, Frogwares, accused the publisher Nacon of pirating the game and of uploading an illegal copy on Steam. Nacon published a version of the RPG Lovecraftian in the Valve store on Friday, which was quickly followed by Frogwares asking fans not to buy it. The two have been involved in a complicated legal dispute over the game since last year. Now, the developers believe that Nacon “broke, hacked, changed the game’s code and content” to put it on Steam and allegedly prevent Frogwares from making money from a game they claim to own.