Concord barely lasted two weeks earlier than Sony pulled the plug on it, and it appears decided to maintain the sport offline because it simply issued DMCA notices in opposition to a fan-made effort to revive the live-service shooter as Concord Delta. Just lately, a number of Concord followers had managed to resurrect the sport with some technical wizardry, and though the undertaking was in a buggy WIP state, it was nonetheless a playable construct on a customized server.
The group of builders chargeable for reviving Concord did take measures to guard themselves and saved the participant circle small, however copyright infringement claims in opposition to movies filed by Marscan–a firm that screens on-line content material for giant purchasers similar to Sony and has issued DMCA notices to a number of creators previously for content material just like the Bloodborne demake–has the group fearing that authorized repercussions could be on the way in which.
“On account of worrying authorized motion we have determined to pause invitations in the meanwhile,” one of many devs behind the undertaking stated within the group’s Discord group (by way of The Games Post). To date, the customized server for Concord Delta has not but been focused by Sony–only footage of it in motion on YouTube or different social media platforms.
Concord had a disastrous launch in 2024, resulting in the closure of its developer Firewalk Studios. Whereas Sony nonetheless stays dedicated to live-service games–and says that it has realized a couple of classes alongside the way in which after it absolutely refunded everybody who purchased Concord–the sport was cited for example by the UK’s Home of Commons concerning the significance of online game preservation.