[STEAM] Indie dev says Steam’s blocking their game for IP infringement, even though it’s their own IP

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A Japanese indie game developer says Steam is currently blocking their game because it infringes on intellectual property – the problem is, that IP also belongs to the developer.

Developer Daikichi is currently working on

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, a “3D vertical action game” where players have to climb upwards into the skies above Tokyo, but also have to deliberately dive off the edge at times in order to progress.

The developer was planning to release a demo of the game on Steam, but

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(as spotted by

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) that the demo has been blocked by Steam because it may infringe on “intellectual property from third parties”.

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