Hi there, We removed Dark and Darker from sale on the Epic Games Store on March 5 in consideration of a court decision in Korea between Nexon and the game's publisher, IRONMACE. On November 1, 2025, we will be removing Dark and Darker from your library, at which point it will no longer be playable via the Epic Games Store.
Effective immediately, players can no longer purchase Redstone Shards or the Legendary Status upgrades via the Epic Games Store. Players can continue to use the Redstone Shards that they have previously purchased until November 1, 2025.
We will issue a refund to all players who have purchased the Legendary Status upgrade. Refunds will be issued to the player’s original payment method, and where that’s not possible, players will receive a refund to their Epic account balance. We are unable to provide refunds on Redstone Shards.
If you have not received a refund by July 1, please contact player support.
Thank you,
The Epic Games Store team
My opinion is once I've paid for a game, piracy is on the table for that game if anything happens that prevents me from playing the copy I purchased.
Not just your opinion, it's the law in some places.
Which places?
UK law allows for making and duplication of digital copies of a product you own that version of, provided you don't share them with others.
At least it did 15 years ago, not 100% certain today off the top of my head.
Every place that actually gives a shit about property rights.
Such as?
Oh, those don't exist anymore
Oh, those don't exist anymore
This is a multiplayer freemium game though, I don't think there are any cracked servers for it, and supposedly there are options for Epic users to retain their accounts with things they've bought (the game is also apparently kind of p2w).