『Loop HeroThe developer, Four Quarters, recommended the pirated download of the title to users in countries subject to economic sanctions due to the invasion of Ukraine on the major Russian SNS “VK”.
Four Quarters is an indie game development studio based in Russia. The virgin work “Please, Don’t Touch Anything” has gained popularity on Steam and other games, and “Loop Hero” released in early March has sold 500,000 copies in just one week. Has emerged from the game industry.
The day after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, the studio said, “We are against the war,” Twitter andClaim at VK.. Then, on March 27, I posted a message with a download link for the pirated version of “Loop Hero” in an attempt to break the silence for about a month and “raise the pirate flag together.”
According to the post, Four Quarters was recently asked, “How can I buy’Loop Hero’on Switch or Steam?” However, for now, Steam and Nintendo eShop have stopped functioning due to economic sanctions and corporate response in each country. So the studio decided to “share the most popular titles.”
In addition, the next day, he posted that “there was more response than expected,” and rather revealed that “there were many donation offers.” In the same post, it was also reported that 80% of the update of “Loop Hero” has been completed, and that the PS version and Xbox version have not been released yet.
According to overseas media PC Gamer, the publisher Devolver Digital has been informed about this matter in advance by Four Quarters and commented that it “fully supports”.
