Indie city builder removed from Steam after angry fan claims ownership of a game mode

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Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic is no longer available for purchase on Steam, for a very weird reason.

" added in December 2022 was his, and is angry that he isn't credited accordingly. The studio said it would have added him to the credits, along with other contributors, after the game was complete, but before that could happen the fan began making legal threats and issuing copyright strikes on YouTube against a popular Workers and Resources influencer.

An understandable reaction—but instead of blowing over, the situation got worse, and the fan now claims that he actually owns the rights to Workers and Resources' realistic mode. "He literally just created a guide with some possible way to play the game and called it Cosmonaut mode, but it is not helping the development process," 3Division wrote."[The] one thing he was helpful in, is that the popularity of his guide showed us how much people wanted to play the game in a realistic and more challenging way."that the fan in question is actually a lawyer, and that he's betting the studio won't engage him in a costly legal battle.

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