![]() ![]() They have apparently ruled in favor of Nacon and that Frogwares did terminate their contract unlawfully. Nacon issued a statement on their official website, saying that while the lawsuit is still ongoing, French courts have issued their first enforceable ruling. It seems now it’s being prepped to return. It was a messy affair that you can read more about through here, and ended up resulting in the game being pulled from several digital storefronts, namely PSN, Xbox Live, Steam and the Epic Games Store. However, it ended up at the center of a dispute between the developer and publisher/licensee Nacon (known at that time as Big Ben Interactive). The game was said to be successful, and overall it was a solid title. Nacon maintains that it paid Frogwares all amounts due and adds that "unless FROGWARES is acting in bad faith, it has no reason not to make the game available to NACON on STEAM." The statement from Nacon also mentions that Frogwares continued to resist its legal obligations to the publisher, going so far as to leave Nacon out of Steam listings despite previous legal battles through The Paris Court of Appeals ruling with Nacon.Last year saw the release of Frogwares’ latest detective game, the Lovecraftian-inspired The Sinking City. In a statement on the company's website, Nacon continued by adding the publisher has "contributed to the financing of development and the payment of royalties to FROGWARES to the tune of 8.9 million euros to date (including the full payment for a version of the game for STEAM), making the global investment far above 10 million euros when integrating the marketing costs." MaUpdate: Publisher Nacon has since responded to the allegations wedged by Frogwares accusing the entity of pirating the game, but maintains that Nacon is the "sole exclusive distributor of The Sinking City game on STEAM."
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