Garry’s Mod developer Facepunch Studios has been ordered to take away all Nintendo associated objects from the Steam Workshop.
In a assertion on Steam, the developer confirmed the takedown discover is “not a mistake” and got here from Nintendo, seemingly referencing fraudulent claims from again in February.
“Actually, that is truthful sufficient,” reads the assertion. “That is Nintendo’s content material and what they permit and do not permit is as much as them. They do not need you enjoying with that stuff in Garry’s Mod – that is their resolution, now we have to respect that and take down as a lot as we will.”
Nonetheless, with 20 years of uploads to undergo, this will likely be an “ongoing course of”. The developer has requested modders for assist by eradicating any Nintendo associated uploads.
Garry’s Mod is a physics-based sandbox that permits for mods and user-generated content material. This, inevitably, has led to Nintendo-related content material created by gamers.
Looking out on the Garry’s Mod Steam Workshop, there are 1262 entries for “nintendo”, 5532 for “mario”, and a staggering 18,254 entries for “animal crossing”.
Nintendo is notoriously strict on copyright takedowns, although it is actually stunning it is taken so lengthy on this occasion. Maybe that is because of the large reputation of the device.
Nonetheless, there’s precedent of Nintendo ordering the elimination of content material from Steam.
Again in January, a playable construct of a Portal N64 port was eliminated at Valve’s request as a consequence of concern about its dependence on “Nintendo’s proprietary libraries”.
Final yr, in the meantime, Nintendo issued Valve a DMCA discover over the favored Dolphin emulator that was out there on the Steam retailer.