Late last week, Dark and Darker's most hardcore fans got a surprise when a $500,000 GoFundMe went live to help support the game's development and legal fees in the ongoing dispute with Nexon. The GoFundMe was quickly taken down, but the devs have confirmed it was legitimate - just posted early by a "passionate" rogue developer. Regardless, the situation has only furthered the chaos that's reigned in the community amid Dark and Darker's murky legal status.
Earlier this year, Japanese-South Korean publisher Nexon alleged that several of its former employees stole assets from an in-development project and used them in the development of Dark and Darker. Terence Seung-ha, CEO of Dark and Darker studio Ironmace, denied those allegations in no uncertain terms. Ironmace was subject to a police raid searching for stolen code shortly after, which apparently turned up "nothing." Nonetheless, a few weeks later, Dark and Darker Steam page was delisted following a DMCA request from Nexon.
