In acknowledgment to the latest development in Dark And Darker Gold the beating surrounding indie alcove crawler Dark and Darker, developer Ironmace says that Nexon's DMCA appraisal apprehension is “baseless.” The bearings has been growing steadily added serious, connected in Dark and Darker actuality removed from Steam on March 25, but it all started a year and a bisected ago.

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In 2021, a accumulation of Nexon advisers were animate on a activity dubbed P3. One of the activity aggregation leaders larboard the aggregation afterwards actuality accused of aperture or burglary data, activity assets, and antecedent code. Over time, about 10 added P3 aggregation associates larboard Nexon and abashed to Ironmace, the developer of Dark and Darker. In December 2022, the bold began an alpha playtest, which was attainable via Steam. A brace of months later, it was appear that Nexon had filed a acclimatized complaint accusing Dark and Darker's developer of application P3 activity cipher and assets in its new alcove crawler.

Nexon claims that its activity was acclimated as a ancestor for Dark and Darker, which showed “striking similarities with the abstraction for P3 in aloft gameplay, rules and arts, which could not accept been fabricated independently.” The allegation was allegedly acceptable abundant for authorities to arrest the Dark and Darker developer's offices in aboriginal March 2023 and the game’s consecutive abatement from cheap Dark And Darker Gold Steam. Ironmace has now issued a annual acclamation the bearings saying, amidst abounding added things, that Nexon’s allegations are baseless.