billothekid2@kbin.social to RetroGaming@lemmy.world · 9 months agoThat Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator sayswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1453arrow-down1external-linkThat Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator sayswww.pcgamer.combillothekid2@kbin.social to RetroGaming@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square123fedilinkfile-text
Honestly, a bit surprised by this. It wasn’t even on Steam. Hopefully switching to an open source SDK will get this back up.
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·9 months agoI think you need to read the comment you replied to again. Here’s the bullet points: Valve doesn’t want Nintendo getting involved Valve think Nintendo will get involved because the project is using confidential Nintendo code Valve think Nintendo may litigate (or are already) against them because Portal is Valve’s IP Valve want it down so Nintendo can’t mistake it to be Valve’s responsibility and so Valve don’t get the blame
I think you need to read the comment you replied to again.
Here’s the bullet points:
Valve doesn’t want Nintendo getting involved
Valve think Nintendo will get involved because the project is using confidential Nintendo code
Valve think Nintendo may litigate (or are already) against them because Portal is Valve’s IP
Valve want it down so Nintendo can’t mistake it to be Valve’s responsibility and so Valve don’t get the blame