Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Supreme Court rules in favor of Nexon, orders Dark and Darker developer to pay $3.8 million

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ruling ordering Ironmace, the developer behind the video game Dark and Darker, to pay 5.7 billion won ($3.8 million) in damages to fellow game developer and publisher Nexon over a trade secret dispute.

2026-04-30

Prosecutors indict Ironmace CEO for allegedly stealing Nexon's development secrets

Prosecutors indicted the head of the game startup Ironmace and two former Nexon employees without detention over the alleged theft and use of Nexon’s game development secrets, authorities said on Monday.

2026-02-03

Game removed from Steam amid data theft accusations

Dark and Darker, the massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, was removed from Steam with its developer Ironmace accused of data theft from Nexon.

2023-03-26

Police raid office of game developer accused of data theft

Police on Tuesday raided the office of local game developer Ironmace, which is suspected of stealing assets and personnel from game company Nexon to make its own game Dark and Darker. The raid took place at Ironmace’s office in ...

2023-03-08