The Sinking City scandal continues. The game was again withdrawn from sale on Steam. It is unknown whether Frogwares studio has anything to do with this, but Valve had to delete this version of the project after receiving a DMCA complaint.Now the link to The Sinking City page on Steam automatically redirects users to the main page of the store.
Frogwares and publisher Nacon, who have been in conflict over the rights to the project for more than a year, have not yet commented on this situation. However, there is a possibility that the complaint came directly from the developers.
This is indicated by the reason why Steam decided to withdraw The Sinking City from sale. Doug Lombardi, vice president of marketing at Valve, clarified in a comment to VICE that the company had received a complaint under the DMCA (Copyright Law in the Digital Age).
On February 26, Nacon managed to return The Sinking City to Steam. The game was sold at a big discount, but it lacked a number of important features, and Frogwares urged users to abandon the purchase.
After that, the developers published a large statement accusing the publisher of hacking the game and uploading a pirated copy to Steam. Nacon also stated that the studio refuses to cooperate and simply “pretends to be a victim.”