Warhammer-Inspired Void War Reappears on Steam After DMCA Shoulder-Pad Dispute
TL;DR
Void War, a Warhammer 40K–inspired FTL-style indie game by Tundra Interactive, was briefly pulled from Steam after Games Workshop issued a DMCA over shoulder-pad visuals. The claim was confirmed by the developer after consulting with Games Workshop, who criticized the trailer design; to move forward, the team removed the trailer to avoid further DMCA friction and plans to re-upload an updated version once changes and translations are ready.
- Games Workshop had a Warhammer FTL clone pulled from Steam over some overly Space Marine-esque shoulderpads Rock Paper Shotgun
- Games Workshop Issued 'FTL in a Warhammer 40,000 Skin' Steam Game With a DMCA Takedown Because of ‘Oversized Convex Shoulder Pads With a Metallic Rim,’ Dev Says IGN
- Indie dev claims the sudden takedown of its game was due to Warhammer creator Games Workshop, and a set of familiar-looking shoulder pads Eurogamer
- FTL-like Void War was DMCAed by Games Workshop due to 'oversized convex shoulder pads with a metallic rim' PC Gamer
- Games Workshop DMCA'd Void War game over “oversized convex shoulder pads” that looked like a Warhammer 40K Space Marine rip-off FRVR
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