![]() ![]() The studio says that it's aware of how Nacon acquired the game's encryption key, and is planning on submitting that information to the court. "To be clear this is hacking and when hacking has the purpose to steal a product and make money with it, it’s called piracy or counterfeiting." "In order to make changes Nacon had only one way: to decompile or hack the game using a secret key created by Frogwares since the totality of the game’s content is archived with an Epic Unreal Engine encryption system," the blog post concludes from this evidence. The studio says that when it investigated the Steam game's files, the structure and organization was identical to Frogwares', and the package size was similar to versions released after summer 2020. ![]() The Steam upload had also removed menu links to Frogwares' other games, and an ad for its Sherlock Holmes Chapter One game. It says that the Nacon logo was inserted into the game to replace the Gamesplanet logo, while the Gamesplanet logo was also removed from a loading screen. The post details how the version of The Sinking City that appeared on Steam was different to any version Frogwares had previously released. The blog post details how "Alain Falc, Nacon owner and CEO, warned us on December 28th 2020 in writing that 'you have 48 hours to upload a new Steam master otherwise we will use all solutions available within the law and the contract.'" The post alleges that after the 48 hours was up, Nacon acquired a version of the game from DRM-free marketplace Gamesplanet in order to upload it onto Steam. The game was originally delisted from Steam in an ongoing dispute between the developer and their contracted publisher on The Sinking City.Īs reported by Vice, the studio published an extensive blog post titled " How Nacon Cracked and Pirated The Sinking City," which calls the Steam re-release "corporate bullying, and incompetent hacking, at its finest." Now Playing: The Sinking City - Detective Gameplay TrailerĪfter asking players not to buy a version of Lovecraftian horror game The Sinking City that appeared on Steam last week, developer Frogwares has now posted a blog explaining that the Steam upload is a hacked version of the game allegedly stolen by publisher Nacon. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's ![]()
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