Frogwares asks people not to buy The Sinking City on Steam

With The Sinking City being back on Steam, Frogwares asks you not to buy it.

According to a tweet from Frogwares, the version of The sinking city offered for sale on Steam was “not created” by the team.

The studio hasn’t released any further updates on this, but it’s likely a dispute between the developer and publisher of the game Nacon, formerly Big Ben Interactive (thanks, GI.biz).

In 2020, the studio took the game off the market and terminated its contract with Nacon due to the publisher’s debt claims for reaching milestones, which led to Nacon owning Frogwares for nearly $ 1 million. royalties.

Last month, the game was sent back to digital storefronts due to a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal declaring that Frogwares terminated its contract with Nacon in a “manifestly illegal manner”.

Last week when the game released on PS5, Frogwares released a statement saying it was both the developer and publisher of the version; however, the PS4 version has a separate editor and different game IDs. This is due to the ongoing legal and technical situation, which has resulted in the lack of platform upgrade for PS4.

Hopefully the issue between the two will be resolved soon and Frogwares will provide more information on the version which is now available through Steam.