BlackSite: Area 51 Scam

[JohnRomeroHD]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1288710/BlackSite/

edit: i removed the link to myabandonware, because it's a piracy site. but yeah, my point was that any "genius" could upload this game to steam.

I'll let you do the math

[Mutant Overlord]

OH boy I know this game and its history.

[Eviction Notice]

I am sort of surprised the game is free at the moment as it looks like Warner Bros. acquire the rights to the franchise.

[talgaby]

I doubt it is a scam. Warner Brothers acquired it perfectly legally, it just took them six years for some reason to decide to sell it again. Nothing peculiar about an old game appearing on Steam's upcoming list, Disney did the same thing when they suddenly decided to pop up with a ton of MS-DOS era games.
As for the abandonware download, they are rarely truly legal if someone holds the publishing rights, unless that entity itself posts the game on the internet (like EA and Rockstar did for a few games back then), but most people do not really care.

[JohnRomeroHD]

Originally posted by talgaby:

I doubt it is a scam. Warner Brothers acquired it perfectly legally, it just took them six years for some reason to decide to sell it again. Nothing peculiar about an old game appearing on Steam's upcoming list, Disney did the same thing when they suddenly decided to pop up with a ton of MS-DOS era games.
As for the abandonware download, they are rarely truly legal if someone holds the publishing rights, unless that entity itself posts the game on the internet (like EA and Rockstar did for a few games back then), but most people do not really care.

Oh I understand all of that, except you completely missed the fact that this is NOT published by WB, and the entire store page is sketch...

[Mighty Maus]

Originally posted by JohnRomeroHD:

Originally posted by talgaby:

I doubt it is a scam. Warner Brothers acquired it perfectly legally, it just took them six years for some reason to decide to sell it again. Nothing peculiar about an old game appearing on Steam's upcoming list, Disney did the same thing when they suddenly decided to pop up with a ton of MS-DOS era games.
As for the abandonware download, they are rarely truly legal if someone holds the publishing rights, unless that entity itself posts the game on the internet (like EA and Rockstar did for a few games back then), but most people do not really care.

Oh I understand all of that, except you completely missed the fact that this is NOT published by WB, and the entire store page is sketch...

Yeah it's definitely a scam. I inquired about it, and instead of actually answering, or showing proof that he had as he put " Made a deal with the current asset holder" he banned me from the page for "Spreading False Information" If that doesn't scream fraud idk what does.

I reported to both WB games who renewed their trademark for it about 5 years ago, and steam.

[Eviction Notice]

There was a similar situation like this last year with Joust and WB had it taken down pretty quick.

[Zach Fett]

It was just removed from the store.

The "dev" told me he removed the files from Steam's servers so it became a useless brick in the libraries of any curators who received an early copy to review (like myself).

I've never seen something like this before, where you can't play something after it's removed from the Steam store. Didn't even know it was possible to wipe the files permanently off the server as a developer.

Hope Warner Bros. or whoever actually owns the rights hunts him down.

Chat log I was able to screenshot before he removed me: https://i.imgur.com/itINIuQ.png

They changed their Steam username and avatar, as if that'll actually fool Valve.

Here's a link to the fake dev's profile so it never gets lost:

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198856911058

Also the game's forum, since that's hard to find now too:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1288710/discussions/

Edit: He just wiped that forum, and here's one final little joke from the prick:

https://i.imgur.com/yWlbkcP.png

[Hibachi]

Originally posted by Zach Fett:

Here's a link to the fake dev's profile so it never gets lost:

https://steamcommunity.com/id/gaiddsds/

Actually, for it to not get lost, you'd need the profive permalink.
In this case, it's http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198856911058 .

As for getting rid of the files, yeah, it's possible.
Games usually stay available in their last state because they're left like that, but you can push an update rendering the product unplayable or just one that delete stuff.

[Zach Fett]

Originally posted by Hibachi:

Actually, for it to not get lost, you'd need the profive permalink.
In this case, it's http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198856911058 .

As for getting rid of the files, yeah, it's possible.
Games usually stay available in their last state because they're left like that, but you can push an update rendering the product unplayable or just one that delete stuff.

Oh nice, didn't know about the permalink for profiles!

And that's a shame, it's kind of ridiculous that that's even possible? To brick a game permanently, not even able to download a previous manifest with depot downloader..

Even though it wasn't official, it'd have been nice to have the game in my Steam library so I don't have to dig up my physical copy ever again.

[Mutant Overlord]

Yep entire forums also got whiped out.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1288710/discussions/

Gosh , so many people was throwing insults at a me for saying that it was a scam while defending that so- called "developer"...

heh wish to see their faces whent hey will find out the truth

[Eviction Notice]

This is all in the scummy dev 101 playbook.

[Mighty Maus]

Originally posted by MUTANT OVERLORD:

Yep entire forums also got whiped out.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1288710/discussions/

Gosh , so many people was throwing insults at a me for saying that it was a scam while defending that so- called "developer"...

heh wish to see their faces whent hey will find out the truth

I was with you on that one. The doucher banned me from "posting false information" on the discussions page

[Mutant Overlord]

Originally posted by NEX Mighty Maus:

Originally posted by MUTANT OVERLORD:

Yep entire forums also got whiped out.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1288710/discussions/

Gosh , so many people was throwing insults at a me for saying that it was a scam while defending that so- called "developer"...

heh wish to see their faces whent hey will find out the truth

I was with you on that one. The doucher banned me from "posting false information" on the discussions page

Guess I was lucky for not getting banned.
To be honest I dont want to be banned anymore. I callected so many stupid bans from asset flippers that my last community ban was 3 months long and thats really made me want to avoid any sort of getting bans for all cost.
I dont care much about using forums but I love making Steam reviews (kinda like a personal hobby) and not being able to do them really suck. Same with posting screenshots from games.
So when I was banned I stored 89 reviews in notepad files ready to upload which I did in the first week after ban ended.