Concord Multiplayer Revival Paused by Sony Takedowns

A team of independent developers has revived online multiplayer for the PC version of Concord, Sony's short-lived hero shooter, but the project has been paused amid copyright takedown notices from the company.

The effort, known as Concord Delta, achieved a playable match on custom servers last week after months of reverse engineering the game's defunct server infrastructure. Developers announced the milestone on their Discord server, where they shared that the build remains a work in progress, described as playable but buggy. "After a long time of reverse engineering and server development, we just managed to play a match of Concord," one developer, identified as Red, posted. The team planned to conduct private playtesting once servers were fully operational, inviting participants who could provide their region and time zone for scheduling.

To maintain legality, access to the project required a legitimate copy of the PC version of Concord, which players would need to own outright. The developers emphasized this restriction, noting the challenges for those who had received refunds after the game's shutdown. "I know this sucks for people who got forcefully refunded, but lawyers...