Hopefully, if Pixel Factory ever does decide to put Parasite in City on Steam, they will be able to without much of an issue. On the bright side, the real developers were able to contact Valve before this game fully launched. Another case was when SakuraGame created a store page for a game, despite not having the rights to it. The game’s name was filed in Steam’s database, which initially prevented the real developer from submitting it legitimately. Aside from having to suffer the headache of filing a DMCA claim, there was also a secondary problem. One such case is when 2ndUp Studios’ Red Alliance was illegally submitted to Steam Greenlight back in 2015. If you've been following recent developments on Steam, you may be aware that this isn’t the first time someone uploaded a title they didn’t own onto Steam. Also, while the non-developers have wiped the community hub clean, we can still see the incriminating title at the top of the page. Below are some screenshots outlining the store page’s information when it was created, and when it was modified later on. At the time of writing, they have completely nuked the store page in an effort to cover their tracks however, thanks to the help of SteamDB, we can see the various changes that were made along the way.

It would seem that the would-be thieves have realized they were caught. We will discuss this issue with Valve and take this fraud down quickly. Please do not pay any money to this scam. We have recently learned that someone has uploaded our game 'Parasite in the City'on steam without our consent.Īfter discussing with the team we found that the person who uploaded the game on Steam is not one of us. We are sorry that we 've been disappeared for a long time, and came back with a scam incident.

This time, Pixel Factory’s Parasite in City was targeted for this all-too-common crime. Another opportunistic non-developer has taken it upon himself to upload a game he didn’t make. In the wake of Tumblr’s recent “ exodus of adult content,” Sony blocking boobies, and all sorts of other gaming-related catastrophes, we are reminded once again that Steam is still not a flawless storefront. Anyone mentioning the developer's dirty deeds is being banned. Unfortunately for them, this page still details the full history of what they've done. Also, the release date was changed to Apto further cover their tracks. Currently, the Steam store page is for a game called Poor Sakura Fight 2.

The group who initially uploaded Parasite in City as their own haven't stopped their deception. Unfortunately, in a recent blog post by the developer, it was reported that this listing was not created by them at all. Many fans were delighted at the arrival of Pixel Factory’s Parasite in City on Steam just over a week ago.

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