Digital Homicide now attempting to sue Valve

Sadness.

http://www.pcgamesn.com/digital-homicide-games-removed-steam

Update September 18, 2016: Digital Homicide has replied to Valve's official statement on removing the studio's games from Steam by pledging to seek legal action against the digital publishing platform for "over 100 infractions in need of litigation".

We had a look at the shady world of paid-for reviews a few months back.

The studio had all 18 of its games removed from the digital storefront on Friday night after issuing Valve a subpoena this week for customer details in order to pursue legal action against 100 users for "harassment and criminal impersonation".

"I'd like to give some context to [Valve communications director Doug Lombardi's] offficial statement: "Valve has stopped doing business with Digital Homicide for being hostile to Steam customers,"" the studio's statement reads. "What has actually transpired was a lack of resolution from Steam in regards to moderation of their platform which might sound like a tough job to do, but coming from a company that brags its profitability per employee is higher than google, it just shows a reckless disregard for for the well being of their community for profits."

The statement continues to assert that Valve's decision to remove their games from sale only sends a message that the harassment the studio was subject to is justifiable, but defending itself through litigation is not.

"By removing us they have taken the stance that users have the right to harass me, tell me I should kill myself, and insult my family," the unsigned statement continues. "If I try to defend myself against said actions then I lose my family's income. If it wasn't for 2 years of experience of dealing with Steam on a regular basis, this disgusting stance would seem shocking to me."

The author, again unknown though very likely co-founder James Romine who filed the original court documents in Arizona this week, then pledges to look into legal action against Valve for a myriad of corporate offences.

"The only thing that prevented me seeking legal counsel for a long list of breach of contracts, interference with business, and anti-trust issues was the fear of losing my family's income," the statement says. "Since that has been taken away I am seeking legal representation. The case will benefit from a long list of organized documentation of events that have happened over the past 2 years including dates, screenshots, emails, and more on over 100 infractions in need of litigation."

The statement concludes with a request for any legal counsel interested in taking on the case to contact the studio via an email address. The company's last attempted litigation against game critic Jim Sterling has yet to come to fruition as the crowdfunding for counsel is stalled at $425 of a $75,000 goal.

These guys love to sue anybody and everybody lol.

still doesn't top the crowdfunding for suing Sterling

You cant sue god. Dang heathens.

Valve will just try it up in so much legal stuff the guy simply won't be able to afford to carry on with the case.

Lol. They are trying to sue Valve and some users? Seems they have reached a new low.

They are going to sue steam sales next

After that they'll sue icecream and puppy dogs.

I'm curious, how do they possibly expect to serve the Steam users in the lawsuit?

Such entitled pieces of shit.

They wanted Valve to release user details.

Lol Digital Homicide..

Digital Homicide?? More like career suicide! Am I right?

Just in case anyone is wondering about how bad Digital Homicide's games can really be.

These guys deserve everything they get. (short of death threats)

How to NOT be a game developer.

They are creating digital homicide by killing their own games. Or is that digital suicide?

Ya go and bite the hand that feeds. Looks like the DH team is going to be looking for employment now

Wow. Sounds like this guy needs some thicker skin. Some words on a screen has upset him so much he wants to sue people? LOL

Turn off your PC and walk away. No one forced him to read those comments. Don't like a websites rules? Don't go on it. Don't want to see nudity online? Don't go to those nude sites.

This is common sense that he just does not understand.

@iandizion713: I know this is sarcasm. But you can sue God, actually.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuits_against_God

@nygamespotter: Dammit. Not even god is safe.

You can't honestly think they're justified for wanting to sue 100+ steam users over poor reviews of poor games. Please tell me you don't think that.

It was already dumb enough to try to go after Jim Sterling, then steam users. They'll drive themselves poor on this, if they can even find a lawyer.

@GarGx1: Thier sci-fi game looks like a rough Doom 3 clone....

Start-up Asian PC game developers has better ideas e.g. "eye candy" young women characters. Developers has to develop games that are pleasing to the human eyes i.e. it's text book marketing 101.

Most Asian visual novels on the PC has crappy game-play but the young anime women characters are pleasing to the human eyes....

I have looked DHS's game list from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Homicide_Studios and quickly browsed their game graphics and I have mostly negative view points.

Some people are like clouds. When they disappear, it becomes a brighter day.

So... this developer is horrible at making games. People let them know they are. They are suing these people because they write negative things about their really horrible games. Valve don't like assholes like this company, so they removed their games from Steam. Now the dev is suing Valve for doing so. Am I missing or misunderstanding something here, or is this just really really stupid?

I hope Digital Homicide dies a quick death (the company, not the people of course) and that Valve never change their ways. I also hope the guy gets a job he can actually do, so that his family wont suffer even more for his stupidity.

Exactly. What I do is that after the first negative comment about something, I just stop reading it entirely. Although if I made a game myself and people didn't like it, I would first drop the price and probably issue some explanation and apology for those that don't like it, perhaps make a quick demo so people can try it first. That way there is no excuse.

However if I could even make this much of a game, I could have come up with something other than a doom type clone. You can't go wrong with Cyberpunk or Blade Runner style games, it's niche and people gobble it up for some reason. Make it dark, rainy with flying cars mixed with older technology and for some reason people think it's good regardless.

I had not heard of this group of people until I saw a video recently on youtube about them suing people that made fun of their games. It sounds like DH does nothing more than spit out the same game over and over just in different ways for a cash grab, which is freaking hilarious.

We all that they will fail miserably in their legal actions. With the same success they could sue Internet.