"We hope to test some pretty substantial additions for this playtest that requires a bit more development time than in the past," the studio said Dark And Darker Gold. "Therefore, the next playtest is scheduled for April 14-19th. We know the extended down time between the playtests may be disappointing to our fans but we will work our hardest to make the next one even better than before."

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The April session will actually be Dark and Darker's fifth playtest. An early access launch date hasn't been announced.

Based on its Steam performance, and our own enthusiasm for it, Dark and Darker has a bright future. But it's also facing allegations that the game is based on a cancelled Nexon project called P3, and actually makes use of assets and code stolen from that game. Ironmace CEO Terence Seung-ha recently denied those claims, stating that "absolutely no stolen assets or code were used to make our game" and that, to the best of his knowledge, "you cannot copyright a game genre."

Dark and Darker delisted on Steam following legal action from Nexon

Up and coming fantasy extraction game Dark and Darker has been taken down from Steam following a cease and desist as well as DMCA claim by publisher Nexon. It's an apparent escalation of Nexon's existing dispute with Dark and Darker developer Ironmace around the game's development assets. Overnight, from March 24th into the 25th, assets and material from Dark and Darker's Steam page were removed, followed by its co-op and PvP servers going dark, and culminating with the removal of the game from steam's Store.

This follows the search earlier this month of Ironmace's offices, where police seized materials related to the game project. At the time Ironmace said that "absolutely no stolen assets or code were used to make our game" and that players should not worry, as "nothing was found." Clearly, Japanese-Korean game publishing giant Nexon disagrees buy Dark And Darker Gold Coins, though as yet no legal details are forthcoming.