

It is however specified that insofar as some of the game’s online stakes depend on the goodwill of Frogwares to perform, their absence cannot be attributed to NACON.” “Confirmed in its expectations by this decision and regardless of the time needed to resolve this dispute definitively, NACON is continuing its action in defense of its rights and has proceeded with the execution of this court decision by asking platforms and sites to put The Sinking City game back online so that no one is held hostage to this situation. “The Court ruled that Frogwares had terminated the contract in a “manifestly unlawful” manner and, as a result, ordered, as a “precautionary measure, the continuation of the contract (…) until its term or until a decision is made on the breach of this contract and ordered Frogwares Ireland to refrain from any action on the breach of this contract and ordered Frogwares Ireland to refrain from any action that impedes this continuation (…). While they make clear that this is not the full conclusion, it has resulted in the ability to return the game to those storefronts. They have apparently ruled in favor of Nacon and that Frogwares did terminate their contract unlawfully. Nacon issued a statement on their official website, saying that while the lawsuit is still ongoing, French courts have issued their first enforceable ruling. It seems now it’s being prepped to return.

It was a messy affair that you can read more about through here, and ended up resulting in the game being pulled from several digital storefronts, namely PSN, Xbox Live, Steam and the Epic Games Store. However, it ended up at the center of a dispute between the developer and publisher/licensee Nacon (known at that time as Big Ben Interactive). The game was said to be successful, and overall it was a solid title. Right click on the application ' Steam' and click 'Properties'.Ĭheck 'Run this program as an administrator' and click the button 'OK'.Last year saw the release of Frogwares’ latest detective game, the Lovecraftian-inspired The Sinking City. Right click on ' The Sinking City' and click 'Properties'.Ĭlick the tab 'LOCAL FILES' then the button 'BROWSE LOCAL FILES'. Configure The Sinking City in Administrator mode at startup Steam will verify the game's files - this process may take several minutes.Ģ. Right click on 'The Sinking City' and click 'Properties'.Ĭlick the tab 'LOCAL FILES' then click the button 'Verify integrity of game files…'. Check that The Sinking City is correctly installed Did contact support and they give this answer that didn't work: Reinstalled it, verified game files and so on. Tried to run it as admin but there is no change. Sometimes I can see the intro and after that it crashes to windows after that.

Same problem, it just says it's playing on steam, then it closes down.
