The two companies have been at each other’s throats for quite a some time now. Polygon reached out to both parties for comment and will update the story when more information is available. Nacon’s statement also attempts to refute claims that the version on Steam is not a complete version of the game - but also says that it wasn’t able to integrate Steam-specific features like cloud saves and achievements “due to a lack of cooperation with Frogwares.” The post then goes on to describe the involvement Nacon had throughout the development of The Sinking City, such as financing and marketing the project. “Frogwares persists in disrupting the release of The Sinking City,” the post states. Nacon responded to the allegations via a post on Steam.
In addition, according to the Frogwares post, “ version deleted all the achievements we prepared, thus removing a key feature of the Steam community.” On March 1, Frogwares clarified the original claim in a very technical post that illustrates why the team thinks Nacon hacked and pirated its game. More recently, Parisian company Nacon rebutted by telling fans that the Steam version was “official and complete.” But now, Frogware has new allegations: As the studio tells it, Nacon hacked and sold The Sinking City in order to list it on Steam.
Near the end of February, Frogwares told fans not to buy the game on Steam, because the product was “not created” by the team. New purchases of The Sinking City can still be made that are DRM-free for the PC on the Frogwares website, or through Origin, Gamesplanet, and the Nintendo Switch eShop.The dispute between Frogwares, the studio behind The Sinking City, and its publisher, Nacon, has sunk to new depths. If true, Frogwares may have been left with no choice but to engage in this manner of scorched-earth tactic, obliterating anything that could be misappropriated by their former distributor. We have reached out to Microsoft about it, and hopefully, this will get fixed as soon as possible."Īs reported previously, Frogwares claims that distributor Bigben/Nacon is acting in bad faith, owes money to Frogwares, is attempting to lay claim of ownership where there is none, and much more. TheGamer reached out to the developer, who has responded by stating, "We assume it was a technical error, as we did not request the removal of The Sinking City from its owners' libraries. This is most likely an unintended consequence of Frogwares trying to protect their intellectual property.
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