5 months after getting pulled from Steam, Dark and Darker finally hits Early Access through a website you've probably never heard of

Dark and Darker
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💞Dark and Darker, the long-awaited Pv♏P dungeon crawler that's faced some big uncertainties due to legal disputes, is finally coming to Early Access today through a website called Chaf Games.

If you've not previously heard of Chaf Games, you're not alone. It's a pretty small indie gaming storefront whose primary business model seems to be based on a $7 USD monthly subscription similar to Xbox Game Pass. The service hosts some notable indie games - you'll probably recognize games like Overcooᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤🌄⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚked 2, Blasphemous, and Yoku's Island Express from at least one of the 50 indie bundles you've bought in the last few years - but it's not exactly the kind of place you'd expect a game like Dark and Darker to be distributed.

is currently up for your perusal - at least for now, as the site's been going up and down under the weight of all the curious fans.

If you prefer a direct download, Dark and Darker is also available through developer Ironmace's . Either way, there's an in-game store you can spend real money in, which isn't a shocker for an online game in 2023, but is a notable announcement given how 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:unclear the game's monetization pla🎉ns ha𓆉ve been.

"Our assumption when we started this company was that you could still build a lucrative business while being true to your fans," the devs say on . "The in-game shop is our attempt at being realistic with the business of running an online game but trying to find a way to do it without resorting to random loot boxes and FOMO items. We want to offer play𝄹ers a fair way to support us while enjoying the game."

For now, the devs warn that "Early Access" means Early Access, and you should expect to see "many gro🌸wing pains." The studio says that "many 🐽key features are still missing and will be added in the upcoming months. We’ll be experimenting with the leaderboard system, and we’ll do our best to be transparent about the ranking schedules so players don’t get too stressed out."

The rollout has been more than a little weird. Developer Ironmace hasn't been sending out press releas💜es or launch trailers, but after fans discovered the store page earlier today, the 🌃studio has been talking to and community members on Discord to confirm some of the details, including the fact that Chaf Games is the company's "official partner and they are also helping us prepare."

But a weird rollout is par for the course when it comes to Dark and Darker. After some 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:very successful playtests on Steam, Nexon - a massive Korean publisher - alleged that some of its former employees, now developers on Dark and Darker, stole assetsꦑ from their previous job in order ꦛto create the game. In the wake of those allegations, there were 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:reports of police raids and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the game was pulled from Steam, but the ongoing legal issues haven't prevented the developers from co✅ntinuing to deliver playtests by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:whatever means necessary.

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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and 🍌is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old R🎀epublic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.