Developer and publisher Nexon has announced that medieval multiplayer free-to-play title Warhaven is coming to a close. The game’s online services are being taken down on April 5. In the announcement, the studio said that players will not be able to purchase in-game items, as WP charge is being suspended today.
Portal 64 and Team Fortress: Source 2 fan projects shut down after Valve DMCA
10.01.2024 - 21:23 / destructoid.com / James Lambert
Amper Software, the team behind Team Fortress: Source 2, and James Lambert, the dev working on Portal 64, have stated that they’re ending development of their fan projects following cease and desist demands from Valve.
Team Fortress: Source 2 was a fan project aiming to port Valve’s 2007 multiplayer shooter, Team Fortress 2, over to the newer Source 2 engine. While the team had paused development in September, they were hoping to resume at some point, but the DMCA has made that pause permanent.
Meanwhile, Portal 64 is a project intended to demake 2007’s Portal to run on the Nintendo 64 hardware. Just a few days ago, the developer was celebrating the release of the game’s “First Slice,” which demonstrated the game’s progress.
The Team Fortress: Source 2 takedown seems rather understandable since Valve still supports Team Fortress 2 and may one day want to port it or create a sequel themselves. The DMCA posted on the public GitHub page cites that their reasons are due to Valve’s own assets being used in a project, though that hasn’t stopped some other fan games based on their properties from being published and even sold on Steam.
Meanwhile, James Lambert says that Valve has stated that they’ve requested Portal 64 to be taken down because “the project depends on Nintendo’s proprietary libraries.”
This is somewhat surprising since Valve has long supported fan endeavors based on their games, going as far as allowing them to be sold as retail products on Steam. Either this demonstrates a shift in the company’s policy toward such projects, or they actually have reasonable concerns toward these particular projects. Either way, it’s not a great look directly after their announced shift on their storefront policies in regards to AI.
The website gametalkz.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Top Authors
Popular Topics
gameranx.com
25.01.2024 / 11:33
Embracer Layoffs Hit TMNT The Last Ronin Studio Black Forest Games, And Piranha Bytes Could Shut Down
Embracer’s latest round of layoffs affect two studios, one of which had just been announced to be working on a major AAA.
engadget.com
24.01.2024 / 15:27
Nintendo will shut down most Wii U and 3DS online services by April 8
Nintendo has revealed exactly when most remaining online services for the 3DS and Wii U will come to an end. After 7AM ET on April 8, it will no longer be possible to jump into a multiplayer match on the original Splatoonor check out other players' levels in Super Mario Maker. Online co-op play, leaderboards and data distribution are among the features that won't be available on either console (unless you find an adequate homebrew solution). The Badge Arcade feature, which allows players to customize their Nintendo 3DS home menu, is going away too.
thegamer.com
23.01.2024 / 12:58
Nintendo Is Already Taking Down Palworld Pokemon Mods
Only three days after Palworld launched, which fans have been calling 'Pokemon with guns' since it was announced anyway, someone made a mod that turned the player into Ash Ketchum and Pals into 'mons. But less than a day later, it has already been taken down by Nintendo.
gamerant.com
19.01.2024 / 15:43
Celebrated RPG Developer May Be Shutting Down
Piranha Bytes is on the verge of closure, several industry sources have said. Currently owned by the Embracer Group subsidiary THQ Nordic, the celebrated RPG developer has been in business for nearly three decades.
videogameschronicle.com
18.01.2024 / 18:49
GTA 5’s Rockstar Editor is shutting down on PS4 & Xbox One, with all clips and projects to be deleted
Rockstar has announced that it will be shutting down the Rockstar Editor in the last-gen versions of Grand Theft Auto 5.
engadget.com
16.01.2024 / 20:50
Valve squashes Team Fortress 2 and Portal fan projects after years of leniency
Valve may have had a change of heart about fan-made tribute projects “borrowing” its intellectual property. GamesRadar+ reported on the Steam maker’s DMCA takedown notice sent to the creators of Team Fortress: Source 2, a passion project porting TF2 to the more modern Source 2 game engine. In addition, the Steam maker squashed a Portal demake for the Nintendo 64, hinting at a possible shift toward a more protective corporate strategy from the typically lenient Valve.
pcgamesinsider.biz
15.01.2024 / 19:57
Portal 64 dev unsurprised Valve took down the project
The developer of the now-cancelled Portal 64 demake has said they were not shocked when Valve asked him to stop work on the project.
gamesindustry.biz
15.01.2024 / 16:59
Valve asks developer to take down Nintendo 64 version of Portal
The developer of the Nintendo 64 version of Portal has taken the game down at the request of Valve.
gamesradar.com
15.01.2024 / 15:39
Team Fortress 2 modders withdraw much-loved VR mod following Valve's crackdown on fan-made creations
As Valve gets tougher on fan-created content, the team behind a beloved Team Fortress 2 VR mod has pulled the project from the web while they assess the situation.
ign.com
15.01.2024 / 14:41
'Don't Be Mad at Valve Here,' Says Creator of Cancelled Portal 64
The creator of Portal 64 has said disappointed fans should not blame Valve for its recent takedown.
eurogamer.net
15.01.2024 / 13:49
Portal 64 developer asks fans to not be mad at Valve
The developer of the recently struck down Portal N64 port has shed some more light on what happened and told fans to not be mad at Valve.