We’re fighting to win back the hearts of gamers around the world Dark And Darker Gold.

I'll admit that I want to believe that this is a case of a big publisher unfairly coming down on some scrappy developers and that Ironmace's self-declared anti-exploitation values are genuine. We may never know the full story of the legal claim against the studio, and whether we like it or not, Nexon may have a case. Even if so, being on the proper side of the law has never been a prerequisite for punk.

For now, what we do have is very clear evidence of how incredibly tenacious Ironmace has been in getting players into its game. After getting booted off the biggest gaming storefront on PC, Ironmace went on to subvert the rules on both Discord and Twitter and force a ton of players to learn how to torrent files for the first time in their lives all to play an alpha. It was the most punk PC gaming moment of 2023 so far.

In the face of player backlash, Dark and Darker developers say they may stop selling character classes
By Andy Chalk published 13 days ago

It was widely seen as a triumph when the PvP dungeon crawler Dark and Darker arrived in a surprise early access launch earlier this week, but some of that initial thrill has given way to widespread criticism of the game's microtransactions. Numerous fans have taken issue with developer Ironmace's decision to sell additional character classes and races through Dark and Darker's in-game store—and the pushback has been strong enough that the studio is considering changing course.

"I think I can speak for a majority that buying classes is not what we want in a Buy to Play game buy Dark And Darker Gold Coins," redditor BarnacleLanky wrote yesterday. "Cosmetics? Cool. Provisions? Please define. Classes? Hard no."