Ready or Not Back on Steam Following a Takedown Request Concerning Trademark Infringement
Ready Or Not, a tactical first-person shooter that entered Early Access in 2021, returned to Steam after a removal request was issued for trademark infringement.
As reported by NME, This issue was related to the level depicting the nightclub shootings and the level released on the anniversary of the pulse nightclub shootings. The Readyor Not nightclub was called Prysm.
Ready or Not developer VOID Interactive announced on June 18 that the game is back on Steam, saying, “I’m very sorry for this downtime. I hope it’s not inconvenient.”
— VOID Interactive (@VOIDInteractive) June 18, 2022
This apology arrives after addressing rumors about “Ready or Not on Steam and related page deletions that occurred on Thursday, June 16th.”
“A removal request was issued via Steam for a trademark infringement proposed in a recent nightclub map shared as part of the latest Steam update,” wrote VOID Interactive. “We take IP concerns very seriously and have sincerely decided to remove the material and references to it from Ready Or Not and social media and other publications.
“When the changes are complete, Ready or Not will return to the Steam store. We have also removed the AI update videos from the YouTube channel and the Steam store page. These are expected to be restored once the editing process is complete.”
VOID hasn’t addressed the controversy over publishing the map on the anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shootings, but Twitter fans said the deletion wasn’t particularly relevant, and the name was: It says that it is because it is British nightclub chain.
This isn’t the first controversial moment for Ready or Not, as VOID Interactive broke up with publisher Team17. The day after the developers share it, it will be at school shooting level.
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