Ironmace, the developer of dungeon-looting RPG game Dark And Darker Gold, reports that it has suffered a “sophisticated” DDoS attack during the most recent round of online tests. The announcement comes as the game and its developer face a range of challenges, including a copyright infringement lawsuit from publishing company Nexon, claiming that Dark and Darker is made using assets and artwork created for one of Nexon’s own games.

Dark and Darker was previously delisted from Steam, following claims that developers at Ironmace reused assets and materials in the game that they had previously created while working under contract Dark And Darker Gold for sale at Nexon, on a project codenamed ‘P3’. The offices of Ironmace were subsequently raided by police, with Nexon filing a lawsuit on April 14 alleging copyright infringement.

Now, developers at Ironmace report that Dark and Darker has suffered a “sophisticated” DDoS attack during its current playtest. Writing on the game’s Discord, ‘Graysun,’ an Ironmace administrator and developer, says that the developer is trying to keep Dark and Darker’s servers stabilised.