Steam action RPG game and Diablo-inspired dungeon crawler Dark and Darker Gold have been taken from the platform following an alleged cease and desist letter from Japanese-South Korean publisher Nexon.

This can be purchased in the wake of your series of forward and backward allegations relating to the two companies. In summary, Nexon accused Ironmace, Dark and Darker’s developers, of stealing game code to get a project entitled ‘P3,’ allegedly exactly like the hit Steam dungeon crawler. Members of Ironmance were allegedly active in the development of P3.

Ironmance was quick to deny the allegations, but in line with Games Industry.biz was raided by Korean police noisy. March. On March 25, fans pointed out that the game was no longer positioned on Steam (I have verified this, and it isn’t), plus a subsequent statement on the action’s dedicated Discord server explains why.

“To all of our fans, we've got recently been served a cease and desist letter and DMCA takedown by Nexon regarding cheap dark and darker gold determined by distorted claims,” writes a developer called ‘Krapst78’. “We are now working with the legal team to remedy this challenge in the best manner possible. Due to the sensitive legal nature of this problem, we must be cautious with our statements so that you can not jeopardize our position.

“We require your understanding even as we work to get the action back up immediately. Please are aware that we will do everything possible for fans.”

Dark and Darker exploded on Steam in February using a free demo test, peaking at exceeding 100,000 concurrent players daily. Described as “an unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure,” you're challenged with diving deep into your bowels connected with an ancient citadel and retrieving treasure to promote to local merchants. Think Tomb Raider meets Diablo.

PCGamesN has reached into the market to Nexon for comment and may update this article with any more details.

In the meantime, though, there are several other great co-op games you can try out, as well as the Diablo 4 beta coming to an end and running should you fancy crawling through some dungeons.