The Sinking City is a Lovecraftian horror detective game that was released in the summer of 2019, and then disappeared from most online storefronts in Aug. 2020 due to a dispute between publisher Nacon and developer Frogwares. Today, the game returns to storefronts. It is available for purchase on the Microsoft Store for Xbox One; it will return to Steam and the PlayStation Store at a later date.
The game was removed from Steam, the Epic Games Store, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on Aug. 25, 2020. At the time, Frogwares released an open letter detailing its side of its legal dispute with publisher Nacon, which had recently merged with Bigben Interactive. The letter claimed that Nacon had refused to pay royalties, with the total owed standing at “roughly 1 million euros.” Frogwares also took issue with Nacon’s marketing of the game, which the studio saw as misleading consumers…
