

The reception of the game still in development is mostly positive as it’s a nice spin of high-risk gameplay where everything you bring in a match could be lost if you get killed by PvE encounters or actual players in the same game. Ironmace also announced that the third playtest made Dark and Darker reach over 1 million testers, providing a series of data to further contribute to the development of the high-risk dungeon crawler.ĭark and Darker is making waves as the game was able to reach over fifty thousand concurrent players during its third playtest session. We’ll update this page as soon as Ironmace provides more information, such as when the servers go live in each region. There’s currently no details on what to expect in February or how long Playtest #4 will be, as it’s not clear if the playtest will only be available during Nextfest, but based on previous Playtests, an extension could happen. Unfortunately, due to state regulations, the playtest is not actually available to Korea, but it should be available internationally.įor those who dont know what this is : third playtest for Dark and Darker has sadly concluded, but developer Ironmace have already announced that there will be another playtest next year in February 2023, during Steam’s upcoming Nextfest event happening from February 6 - 13. This is the developers’ interim solution. It wants people to play the game, but it has not been able to get the game reinstated on Steam yet. There is nothing ambiguous about this situation at all. On Discord, Ironmace has provided instructions for how to torrent its game playtest, in addition to straight-up tweeting the torrent link. Ironmace Explains How to Torrent Dark and Darker for Its Playtest

Nonetheless, the legal drama is ongoing, and the show must go on.

Ironmace and Nexon are both based in South Korea, and Ironmace has completely rejected Nexon’s accusations. The reason why is that Dark and Darker was removed from Steam last month amid legal trouble with Nexon, which claims that Ironmace stole not just game assets but even development staff from Nexon to create this game. Dark and Darker developer Ironmace is telling players to just torrent the new, fifth alpha playtest for its first-person dungeon crawler.
