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Posted July 06, 2023
It looks like The Sinking City was removed from Gamesplanet. I been waiting for the game to go on sale since it's a DRM free version. Now we need this game on GOG more than ever.
Post edited July 06, 2023 by Syphon72
Posted July 06, 2023
Damn. What a shame.

What's The Sinking City? And what's Gamesplanet?
Posted July 06, 2023
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Breja: Damn. What a shame.

What's The Sinking City? And what's Gamesplanet?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sinking_City

Gamesplanet is website that sales mostly game keys. But it had few DRM free games.
Posted July 06, 2023
Thankfully I picked it up from them back in Jan 22 when Sachys posted that Gamesplanet were offering it at 85% off at the time, and I snapped it up as quick as you like. I've downloaded it since then, but have not got round to actually playing it, yet...
Posted July 06, 2023
Either the rights issues are being resolved, or this game has just entered eternal limbo
Posted July 07, 2023
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Syphon72: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sinking_City
Gamesplanet is website that sales mostly game keys. But it had few DRM free games.
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maxpoweruser: Either the rights issues are being resolved, or this game has just entered eternal limbo
Okay, so what's special about The Sinking City on Gamesplanet? Was it actually a DRM-free game?
If not, why not just buy it on Steam for the exact same 85% discount???
Posted July 07, 2023
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g2222: Okay, so what's special about The Sinking City on Gamesplanet? Was it actually a DRM-free game?
Yes. It was the only place to get the DRM-free version.
Posted July 07, 2023
Ok, so... what exactly is Gamesplanet? I mean, they are selling GOG keys, and as far as I know there are no legit third party GOG key sellers (except for maybe a couple games on Humble for some reason). But they also sell some games DRM free? As what, offline installers like GOG? Is it a legit store?
Posted July 07, 2023
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Breja: Ok, so... what exactly is Gamesplanet? I mean, they are selling GOG keys, and as far as I know there are no legit third party GOG key sellers (except for maybe a couple games on Humble for some reason). But they also sell some games DRM free? As what, offline installers like GOG? Is it a legit store?
Gamesplanet is 100% a legit store guaranteed for sure.
Post edited July 07, 2023 by Ancient-Red-Dragon
Posted July 07, 2023
Forgive me my ignorance. I didn't know about this game before or its legal "situation". Here's what I found out:

First, I looked at the Gamesplanet website. They actually sell games for a variety of "activation" targets: Epic, GOG, Microsoft, Rockstar, Steam, Ubisoft, and a few others. Some games are also provided as just downloads from their own servers, which I assume now are those DRM-free games mentioned?

"The Sinking City" is a very special case, though, as there is a dispute going on between the developer (Frogwares) and a french publisher (Nacon). A previous version of the game (by Nacon) was pulled from Steam and other platforms. Then the DRM-free version (by Frogwares) was uploaded to Gamesplanet as a temporary solution. But now It seems all reverted: removed from Gamesplanet, back on Steam.
(I haven't had the time yet to read up on the outcome of the recent lawsuit.)

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Quoting myself: >> why not just buy it on Steam for the exact same 85% discount???
Answer: Do not buy it on Steam because the shady stuff is far from over yet. Steam comments are full of warnings that Nacon is allegedly trying to make a quick buck off of this game.

(Edit 2: clarifications)
Post edited July 07, 2023 by g2222
Posted July 07, 2023
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maxpoweruser: Either the rights issues are being resolved, or this game has just entered eternal limbo
It's on Steam. I don't think the devs get any money from that version sadly, but the game is legally available. The Gamesplanet release was just unique for supposedly supporting the devs and also being a DRM free download.
Posted July 07, 2023
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g2222: Forgive me my ignorance. I didn't know about this game before or its legal "situation". Here's what I found out:

First, I looked at the Gamesplanet website. They actually sell games for a variety of "activation" targets: Epic, GOG, Microsoft, Rockstar, Steam, Ubisoft, and a few others. Some games are also provided as just downloads from their own servers, which I assume now are those DRM-free games mentioned?

"The Sinking City" is a very special case, though, as there is a dispute going on between the developer (Frogwares) and a french publisher (Nacon). A previous version of the game (by Nacon) was pulled from Steam and other platforms. Then the DRM-free version (by Frogwares) was uploaded to Gamesplanet as a temporary solution. But now It seems all reverted: removed from Gamesplanet, back on Steam.
(I haven't had the time yet to read up on the outcome of the recent lawsuit.)

Edit:
Quoting myself: >> why not just buy it on Steam for the exact same 85% discount???
Answer: Do not buy it on Steam because the shady stuff is far from over yet. Steam comments are full of warnings that Nacon is allegedly trying to make a quick buck off of this game.

(Edit 2: clarifications)
I wanted a full DRM-free version. Not big on buying games from Steam with there DRM or jumping through hoops. To make the game DRM-free, which is not always guaranteed to work.
Post edited July 07, 2023 by Syphon72
Posted July 07, 2023
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g2222: "The Sinking City" is a very special case, though, as there is a dispute going on between the developer (Frogwares) and a french publisher (Nacon).
I am not surprised there is a dispute when the Ukrainian developer team goes to call themselves "frogwares". No wonder the French publisher takes an issue with that.
Posted July 07, 2023
i bought this game on Gamesplanet like 10 months ago.
So, i can confirm this : The Sinking City on Gamesplanet was 100% DRM-Free. You have a 11-part download with the windows installers.
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Post edited July 07, 2023 by Babiboule
Posted July 07, 2023
It was removed by Frogwares, apparently.

I reached out to GamesPlanet last month via email and Twitter. They said it was as Frogwares request. I have been asking Frogwares for an update since, but they refuse to comment.

I would say they're either working on a remaster (But why pull the old one until the remaster is done?) or Nacon won the dispute and Frogwares are no longer allowed to sell it.
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