Myth of empires, a game that was just released, has now been removed from Steam after the team behind it Ark: Survival Evolved accused its creators of stealing the source code.
As PC player report, Arks developer (Studio Wildcard) and publisher (Snail Games) say Angela Game, the creators of Myth of empires, “Was founded in 2020 by at least one former employee of Snail Games China, the parent company of Studio Wildcard, who had access to the Ark source code.”
When Myth of empires Released in October, Studio Wildcard staff noted “identical game mechanics, the [they] Feeling went beyond chance. ”They also claim that“ in a preliminary analysis, they found hundreds of matching class, variable, and function names, which they believe confirm that the Ark source code was used in Myth of Empires “.
Valve were informed about it last week, and based on their results as of December 3rd Myth of empires has been removed from Steam.
Even so, the Angela Game made a statement denying pretty much everything that goes:
Hello everybody,
Regarding the recent delisting of Myth of Empires on Steam and the following developments:
Steam received allegations of alleged copyright infringement related to Myth of Empires a few days ago and has temporarily removed Myth of Empires from its shop in accordance with the DMCA and to indemnify itself from liability. Our development team solemnly declares, Angela Game owns all rights and property related 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 restore the game to their store. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused players.
At the same time, we will continue to improve the overall 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 purchased Myth of Empires can be assured that we will provide you with a better gaming experience.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
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