The terms of this agreement were that Frogwares would receive paid installments at agreed-upon production milestones. In turn, Nacon would make a financial contribution to the game’s ongoing development, while Frogwares would maintain sole ownership of the game’s IP. In its original iteration, this contract signed 2 years after game production started, established that Nacon secured the right to sell and commercialize The Sinking City on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. The Sinking City‘s release and resultant grievances between developer and publisher are detailed at length in Frogwares’ statement posted on August 25th, 2020.Īt that time, Frogwares’ marketing manager Sergey Oganesyan posted an open letter on Frogwares’ website, maintaining that The Sinking City had been pulled from Steam and other storefronts due to a violation of the developer’s licensing agreement with Nacon.
This well-documented legal dispute originates in June 2019. In the latest development of a lengthy legal dispute between developer Frogwares and publisher Nacon, Frogwares has issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) strike against Nacon following the reappearance of The Sinking City on Steam’s digital storefront.
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