Suspicion of diverting assets from a Nexon development game to a Dark and Darker game… the developer completely denies | GameBusiness.jp

Despite being in the testing phase, it is gaining popularity on Steam.darker and darkerHowever, reports from foreign media raised suspicions of misappropriation of materials and assets from “Project P3”, previously developed by Nixon.

What is the prototype “Project P3”?

Korean media /this is a gameAccording to IRONMACE, the developer of “Dark and Darker”, there is an employee who has been fired from Nexon, and the working prototype is called “Project P3”, which is manufactured at Nexon’s main development headquarters. a job. Afterwards, the core development members launched IRONMACE, and it is said to have been formed as “DaD”.

The work of “Project P3” was announced in August 2021 (PRTIMES), you can also check the game screen similar to “DaD”Abroad newsYou can also check However, the development of “P3” has been paused, and it appears that the codename has been changed to “Project P7” while keeping the team members.In an interview with This Is Game in the past, “P7”Become a PvPvE military simPolitics seems to have changed dramatically from dark fantasy games.

Denied by the developer. Most of Dark and Darker is developed in-house, with some assets being purchased through UE Machepre

In response to this doubt, IRONMACEofficial disagreement（corresponding message) completely denied the allegations. The DaD code was written from scratch, and most of the assets were purchased from the Unreal Engine Marketplace, while all other assets and game design materials were created in-house.

butCover This Is Game nextTherefore, just before the announcement of P3, the leader who led the project was fired, and it was reported that some team members had left the company. The reasons for the commander’s disciplinary dismissal were that he took important data such as resources, assets, and builds from the entire game, which was only allowed for a certain amount of time due to remote work, even after the period had elapsed, and that team members were told “P3 won’t launch, so let’s We are preparing and launching a similar game.”

WHAT HISTORY IS THE DEVELOPER OF “DAD” IRONMACE THAT WAS IN OVERSEAS MEDIA COVERAGE?

After that, there was also an interview with an anonymous person familiar with IRONMACE’s internal affairs.will be published. According to this interview, Nexon had a culture in which management did not interfere with small projects, but an internal scrutiny was conducted in the wake of the “MapleStory” probabilistic manipulation incident. In the process, they were forced to change their policy to “scale-up”, and they were severely restricted. the increase.

In addition, it is true that DaD did not use any of the withdrawn assets, and all data was deleted at the time of the disciplinary dismissal, and such data is said to have not been found in the police investigation.

Nexon charged the fired and resigned IRONMACE members of the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency for violating the Prevention of Unfair Competition and Protection of Confidentiality Act. It is said that the police are still investigating.