Frogwares is now publisher of The Sinking City

Frogwares has made public that they will be the only publisher of The Sinking City, a popular eldritch horror game they developed in 2019. The game will be available across all major gaming platforms. Frogwares expressed their relief at the conclusion of this saga and anticipates revealing more about the future of the franchise soon. The company has also clarified that saves from prior versions of The Sinking City will not work with the newest Steam and Epic Games Store versions. Players have been given till February 28th to complete their gameplay on current versions.

This announcement comes after a long-standing disagreement with former publisher Nacon. Frogwares had accused Nacon in 2020 of not fulfilling payment obligations, withholding €1 million in royalties, and wrongfully asserting intellectual property rights to the game. The studio maintained that the rights had always been theirs.

Frogwares alleged in March 2021 that Nacon was selling a version of the game not made by them on Steam. This led to them eventually accusing Nacon of unauthorized resale on Steam. Nacon, responding to these claims, dismissed them as baseless and affirmed that they were "contractually the sole exclusive distributor of The Sinking City game on Steam".