The Slaughtering Grounds
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| Developer(s) | Imminent Uprising |
| Publisher(s) | Digital Homicide Studios |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, survival horror |
The Slaughtering Grounds is a first-person shooter survival horror video game developed by Imminent Uprising and published by Digital Homicide Studios. It was released for Microsoft Windows on October 31, 2014, via Steam.
The game was criticized for its poor graphics, numerous glitches, bad controls, short music loops, and use of pre-made models and textures not made by the developer.[1] It was also the subject of an impressions video by Jim Sterling (formerly of The Escapist), in which he accused the developers of deleting negative feedback on the game from Steam's review page, as well as banning users who criticized it.[1] The developers responded by filing a take down notice over Sterling's video.[1]
On March 4, 2016, James Romine of Digital Homicide Studios filed a lawsuit against Sterling for "assault, libel, and slander", seeking over US$10 million in damages,[2][3] which was later upped to US$15 million.[4] On September 12, 2016, Romine filed an additional lawsuit against 100 Steam users for "personal injury" for a total sum of US$18 million.[5] This was followed by a request for a subpoena against Valve Corporation for the identities of those 100 users.[5][6] Later that day, Valve removed the entire catalog of Digital Homicide Studios, consisting of 21 games, including The Slaughtering Grounds, and 15 pieces of downloadable content, from Steam, stating that Valve had "stopped doing business with Digital Homicide for being hostile to Steam customers."[4]
References
- 1 2 3 Sterling, Jim (November 10, 2014). "The Slaughtering Grounds: A Steam Meltdown Story". The Escapist. Defy Media. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ↑ Klepek, Patrick (March 17, 2016). "Angered Game Developer Sues Critic Jim Sterling For $10 Million". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ↑ Cosimano, Mike (March 17, 2016). "Indie developer Digital Homicide sues Jim Sterling". Destructoid. ModernMethod. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- 1 2 Parsons, Don (September 16, 2016). "[Updated] Digital Homicide's Games Removed From Steam". TechRaptor. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- 1 2 Grosso, Robert (September 16, 2016). "Digital Homicide Suing 100 Steam Users for 18 Million". TechRaptor. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ Good, Owen S. (17 September 2016). "Steam removes games of developer seeking subpoena for users' information (Correction)". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 23 September 2016.