Resolution of Legal Threat and Resumption of Steam Availability

Mahou Arms

Mahou Arms is an anime-inspired character-action hack and slash that tells the story of a magical girl paramilitary group fighting back against an alien invasion.

Hello everyone, As a quick recap, on [url=https://steamcommunity.com/games/1165870/announcements/detail/2495506302994851365]June 25th we received a threat of legal action against us[/url] over unauthorized use of copyrighted material from a past contractor. Over the next few days we ceased distribution of Mahou Arms, took steps to remove the material in question from the game, and attempted to communicate with the owner of the copyright. [url=https://steamcommunity.com/games/1165870/announcements/detail/2495506303002817649]We updated you on June 27th[/url], letting you know that we had removed all of the copyrighted content in question and had given then owner of the copyright until today to respond and verify that the content had been removed. Today we received an email from the copyright owner. They refused to review the new build of the game and continued to demand payment. We are therefore presuming their affirmation that the game no longer contains any assets over which they own copyright. Therefore, we will be asking Valve to resume distribution of Mahou Arms. We are not sure how quickly they will respond, but we expect the game to be available for purchase again within the next few days. The copyright owner may chose to proceed with legal action, but it should not affect distribution of the game as it is now, since it no longer contains their copyrighted content. Please note that because we've had to replace some sounds on such short notice, they may not be ideal. Thankfully, we were working on getting new sounds commissioned anyway. In any case, thank you all for your patience with this matter.