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The Sinking City returns to stores, but its legal troubles are ongoingThe game disappeared from digital storefronts back in August
The game disappeared from digital storefronts back in August
Lovecraftian RPGThe Sinking Cityis available to buy again, after an ongoing legal dispute between developers Frogwares and publishers Nacon saw it removed from digital storefronts back in August. According to a statement from Nacon, the dispute is still pending in French courts. But, for now at least,The Sinking Cityis back for sale on Xbox One, and will be available on Steam and PS4 again soon.
Back in August,Frogwares claimed in an open letterthat Nacon (formerly Bigben Interactive) tried to claim copyright of the game after its release, allegedly withheld payments during development, and owed Frogwares around 1 million euros in unpaid royalties (about £900,000).
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The devs said they terminated their contract with Nacon in July 2020. The Sinking City then started disappearing from digital stores due to, what Frogwares believes, was confusion over the game’s ownership. The developers then removed it from other storefronts to try and stop further sales going to Nacon.
At the time of writing, The Sinking City is available to buy on Xbox One. It has aSteam pageup too, with all the DLC bits and pieces listed, though isn’t on sale there just yet. It’ll hit PS4 at “a later date” as well.
