Myth of Empires, the popular new medieval survival game, suddenly disappeared from sale on Steam on December 4, 2021. For days there was great uncertainty among gamers about the whereabouts of the MMO.
At least active players seem hardly affected at the moment: According to the answer to our request from the responsible PR agency, the game servers are online. If you own Myth of Empires, you can continue to play.
Copyright problems?
Now there is one official statement by developer Angela Game. Accordingly, there is one on Steam Copyright complaint against Myth of Empires given, according to which Steam, as a provider, should have removed the game from the shop in accordance with the DMCA law applicable in the USA in order not to be legally prosecuted.
Angela Game claims that they hold all rights to Myth of Empires. Now they are working closely with Steam and taking action against the allegations in order to get the game back on sale as soon as possible.
Regarding the recent listing of Myth of Empires on Steam and the following developments:
A few days ago, Steam received allegations of alleged copyright infringement related to Myth of Empires and has temporarily removed Myth of Empires from its store in accordance with the DMCA and in order to release itself from liability. Our development team hereby declares sacredly: Angela Game owns all rights and property to Myth of Empires and will actively respond to any doubts or allegations on this point. We are in active contact with Steam and are doing our best to bring the game back to the store. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused players.
At the same time, we will continue to advance the general optimization of Myth of Empires and maintain normal operations and development work. We are currently preparing a large number of content updates that, due to the current special circumstances, cannot be brought online. But players who have bought Myth of Empires can rest assured that we will provide them with a better gaming experience.
We thank you for your support and understanding.
The trailer shows what Myth of Empires is all about and how good it looks:
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Myth of Empires shows a medieval sandbox with large siege battles
What’s the future like?
Angela Game further explained that major content updates are still in development, but that they should not be published until the allegations have been clarified and the new release on Steam.
In response to our request, the developers keep a low profile on the more precise circumstances of the situation. Now time has to tell whether the allegations can be refuted and Myth of Empires regularly returns to the Steam Store.
Myth of Empires
Test: Medieval fun for weeks
The passionate gamers and even the whole genre of survival MMOs would have a positive outcome. As you can find out in our Early Access test above, Myth of Empires is already a really exciting and complex game.
