The studio has demanded that its own game be taken out of the store following its ongoing controversy with publisher Nacon
The Sinking City has now been taken out of Steam, following an ongoing controversy between developer Frogwares and publisher Nacon.
Frogwares had to post a DMCA takedown in order for his own game to be taken out of the store, Vice said. At the time of writing, the city of Sinking will not be found on Steam.
The studio said last weekend that the version of the game offered on the store was not created by Frogwares, and urged players not to buy it on this platform.
Nacon responded in a statement, saying that due to a “lack of collaboration” from Frogwares, that version of The Sinking City contained only some Steam-specific features such as cloud saving and achievements. He also accused Frogwares of wanting to “revise the terms of the contract to their own advantage.”
Frogwares, accusing Nacon of cheating that he broke a copy of the game that was downloaded from another source and illegally uploaded to Steam.
The title was first withdrawn from stores back in August 2020, as Frogwares claimed the studio had a debt of around € 1 million.
The Sinking City returned to the Xbox Store in early January 2021 following a ruling by the ruling Paris Court of Appeal when Frogwares removed the game from storefronts, concluded “ [its] a contract in a ‘clearly illegal’ manner.
The PlayStation version of The Sinking City was re-released in mid-February by “various publishers,” Frogwares announced. However, looking at the listing for the game on PS4 at the time of writing, Nacon is still listed as a publisher.
Nacon was formerly known as Bigben but created a new entity last year ahead of an IPO.