As part of the latest round of legal wrangling over the future of Dark And Darker Gold, GamesRadar is reporting that lawyers for Ironmace have sent a letter to Valve disputing Nexon’s DMCA takedown notice and asking for the game to be allowed back on Steam. Echoing recent statements from the developer claiming that the Dark and Darker DMCA allegations are baseless, Ironmace lawyer Aaron Moss wrote in the letter to Valve that the notice was built on claims “that are entirely without merit and contains knowing and material misrepresentations that Dark and Darker infringed Nexon’s copyright interests.” The letter goes on to state that Nexon is engaged in “anti-competitive bully tactics” meant to put the Dark and Darker developer out of business.
Attempting to shore up Ironmace’s legal defense against the DMCA notice, Moss claims that claims of copyright infringement are meritless since P3 is “a game that Nexon never made and which does not exist.” The letter also restates Ironmace’s previous comments claiming that the majority of assets used in Dark and Darker’s creation were acquired legally from Epic’s Unreal Engine asset store. Ironmace’s lawyers further argue that, since the claim of copyright infringement involves only a single employee rather than the studio at large, Dark and Darker should be allowed back on Steam while the claims are resolved in South Korean courts.
The legal fight between Nexon and Ironmace over the future of Dark and Darker has already proven to be just as brutal as the combat in the game itself, and this latest volley from Ironmace’s lawyers shows that the brawl is unlikely to be resolved any time soon. And with Ironmace going as far as to ask fans of the legally troubled title to torrent buy Dark And Darker Gold ahead of the latest playtest, it’s clear that this is a fight the indie studio is determined to win.