The Court ordered Frogwares to “refrain from any action on the breach of this contract, refrain from any action that impedes this continuation.” The Court ruled that Frogwares had unlawfully terminated its contract, and so the contract will continue until further decisions are made. 28, 2020, the Paris Court of Appeal rendered its first enforceable decision.
The dispute between Nacon and Frogwares is still pending before the French courts, and will be for several months. Today, Nacon released a statement with an update on the legal case. “We urge you to read this open letter to our fans, journalists and people of the industry, to understand why this is happening and how you can still get The Sinking City.” “Short version: We were forced to terminate the contract with our licensee for several breaches of our agreement,” read the statement released by Frogwares. The letter claimed that Nacon had refused to pay royalties, with the total owed standing at “roughly 1 million euros.” Frogwares also took issue with Nacon’s marketing of the game, which the studio saw as misleading consumers to think Nacon was the project’s developer.
At the time, Frogwares released an open letter detailing its side of its legal dispute with publisher Nacon, which had recently merged with Bigben Interactive.
The game was removed from Steam, the Epic Games Store, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on Aug. It is available for purchase on the Microsoft Store for Xbox One it will return to Steam and the PlayStation Store at a later date. 2020 due to a dispute between publisher Nacon and developer Frogwares. The Sinking City is a Lovecraftian horror detective game that was released in the summer of 2019, and then disappeared from most online storefronts in Aug.