Misery devs claim they've resolved "misunderstanding" with Stalker studio GSC Game World, as shooter returns to Steam

A helicopter, guitar tunes, and easter eggs person been removed from Misery upon request, according to developers Platypus Entertainment

Post-apocalyptic endurance shooter Misery's Steam leafage is backmost online, with developers Platypus Entertainment claiming that they've resolved a "misunderstanding" which led to an alleged DMCA takedown from Stalker creators GSC Game World. Platypus accidental that arsenic portion of this evident resolution, they've removed a chopper model, immoderate guitar songs, and references to GSC's games from their crippled astatine the petition of the Stalker studio.

This is each according to a caller Steam station from Platypus astir the game's Steam listing re-appearing connected the storefront.

After they filed a counter-claim to the alleged takedown request, the workplace asseverate that this is however things played out: "This Wednesday we received a connection from GSC lawyer squad elaborating connected their claims against MISERY, and we resolved this misunderstanding. While we are adamant that MISERY does not infringe connected immoderate GSC-owned IP regarding the world, setting, characters, etc., arsenic claimed successful the archetypal notice, determination were 2 issues we were not alert of astatine the clip of the onslaught and which were not mentioned successful the DMCA claim."

The archetypal of these 2 issues is cited arsenic being a chopper exemplary successful Misery's files, which Platypus assertion was "unintentionally near successful the resources arsenic a bequest leftover, but it was NEVER utilized successful the game, and players NEVER saw it successful the game". The 2nd are immoderate guitar songs. "GSC games utilized fashionable people songs arsenic their guitar melodies, including Tsyganochka, for instance," Platypus assert. "MISERY dev's person wrote archetypal covers of immoderate of these songs, and they were utilized successful MISERY arsenic guitar songs. NO ORIGINAL FILES FROM GSC GAMES WERE USED. It turned retired that immoderate (not all!) of the songs were specifically written oregon exclusively licensed by GSC."

Platypus accidental some of these, arsenic good arsenic immoderate "easter eggs" referencing GSC's games person been removed astatine the Stalker devs' request. The Misery developers adhd that they "wish the DMCA assertion had not been utilized arsenic the archetypal measurement successful communication" and assertion the matter's been "extremely achy financially, arsenic it led to a question of refunds and conscionable shutting down a crippled for a week successful the merchandise month".

I've erstwhile again reached retired to GSC Game World, who arsenic acold arsenic I tin archer are inactive yet to publically admit oregon remark connected this situation, for comment.

As we reported successful our erstwhile communicative connected Misery's alleged takedown, a screenshot taken by a Reddit idiosyncratic shows 1 of its developers going by the grip Maewing initially responding to the Steam leafage being taken down with a Discord station that work "FUCKING GSK GAY WORLD SEND US STRIKE FOR WIERD AHH SHIT, JUST LOOK AT THE CLAIMS OF THOSE [r-slur]. We volition combat rn to instrumentality our crippled back!!!". That Discord station was subsequently edited and the developer apologised for "old posts and comments that included inappropriate and violative statements".

Reddit users besides spotted signs of enactment successful Platypus' Discord server for Russia successful the ongoing struggle betwixt it and Ukraine, wherever GSC are based. While alleged scrubbing of Discord has meant I've not been capable to verify these screenshots, they see radical slurs, enactment for the Russian state-linked Wagner Group - a backstage subject institution accused of warfare crimes - and instances of the missive Z, which has go a awesome of nationalist enactment for Russia’s penetration of Ukraine.

Maewing claimed successful the Discord station which saw them apologise that "I bash not enactment immoderate signifier of extremism, violence, oregon favoritism against immoderate radical of people. I genuinely worth and respect our players and friends from each countries and backgrounds." In Platypus' latest Steam post, the workplace inquire anyone who's reappraisal bombed a GSC crippled implicit the concern to spell backmost and alteration those comments.

Given each of that context, it's hard to conscionable gully a enactment nether the contented arsenic Platypus' station tries to without immoderate nonstop effect from GSC. As things stand, Misery's backmost live, truthful we'll person to spot if immoderate further developments are forthcoming which contradict what Platypus assertion has happened here.