

Darker and Darker's demo has been among the top 10 most-played games on Steam for most of the last week, having reached a peak concurrent player count of nearly 110,000 players. The game's mix of first-person fantasy RPG and high-stakes PvP combat has proven to be a potent combination. Those that die during a match lose all their equipped gear and items, but making it out alive allows players to sell their loot to earn gold that can then be spent to better prepare for the next adventure.

Players can team up to battle monsters and gather treasure inside dangerous, trap-filled dungeons, all the while competing with other players for a limited number of escape portals. "We also plan to use the time to address issues that are inconveniencing players and to continuously improve the game."ĭark and Darker takes a sword-and-sorcery setting inspired by Dungeons and Dragons-complete with classes, spells, and potions-and combines it with the elements of a PvP extraction shooter like Escape from Tarkov. We recommend you don't do that, for your own digital safety."Due to the earlier downtime with the trading post, matchmaking, and lost playtime for players that were falsely banned, we have decided to extend the playtest until Feb 16," Ironmace writes. Ironmace Games are denying all accusations from Nexon regarding stolen assets and code, though until everything is resolved the only way to play the game will likely be through torrenting it. All future patches will also be distributed in this manner, and you should only get the links from our official Discord announcement channel." The developer also warned players to not get the torrent "from any other sources, as we can not guarantee the integrity of any other links. In order for us to keep our promise to our fans we’ve had to go old school this time," going on to say that players who want to participate in the fifth alpha playtest can download the game through a torrent link the developers provided. "Unfortunately, due to the complexities of our situation, especially across international lines, it is taking time to resolve the Steam situation. We apologise for the radio silence," the message reads. Ironmace Games sent a message to all users in Dark and Darker's official Discord sharing the torrent, in quite a radical move for such a situation.
