A group of dedicated coders have managed to partially revive the online gameplay for the PC version harmonyThe team-based shooter that Sony shut down just two weeks after its launch last summer. However, now, the team behind that fan server effort is shutting down new access after Sony issued a DMCA takedown request of a sample gameplay video.
The Game Post was one of the first to publicize the “Concord Delta” project, which reverse-engineered the game’s now-defunct server API to run a functional multiplayer match over the weekend. “The project is still [a work in progress]It’s playable, but buggy,” developer Red posted in the game’s Discord channel, as reported by The Game Post. “Once our servers are fully set up, we’ll start doing some private playtesting.”
Accessing the “Concorde Delta” servers reportedly requires a legitimate PC copy of the game, which is relatively hard to find these days. harmony It only sold an estimated 25,000 copies on PC and PS5 before it was discontinued last year. And this number does not include players who accepted a full refund for their $40 purchase after the official servers were shut down.
better safe than sorry
Raid first with their Discord announcement of “Playable” harmony Match over the months with two YouTube videos showing sample gameplay (“Don’t pay attention to my terrible goaltending, I spend so much time reverse engineering that I don’t even have time to actually play the game anymore,” he warned viewers). However, in short order, those videos were removed “due to a copyright claim from MarkScan Enforcement,” a company that has a history of working with Sony on DMCA requests.