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Unlawful Game Content: Cease and Desist Halts Friday the 13th Resurrected Project

Legal action forces the cancellation of a fan-made game meant to replace Friday the 13th: The Game.
Unlawful Game Content: Cease and Desist Halts Friday the 13th Resurrected Project

Highlights

  • The fan-made game Friday the 13th Resurrected faces a halt due to a cease-and-desist order.
  • Efforts to release the game on Steam have been discontinued following legal issues.
  • Unauthorized use of Horror, Inc.'s intellectual property rights leads to the project termination.

The development of the fan-made game Friday the 13th Resurrected has been abruptly stopped after a cease and desist letter was issued to its creators, preventing its release on Steam. Fans of Friday the 13th: The Game will now have to seek alternative ways to indulge in the world of Jason Voorhees.

Just a week after the announcement of Friday the 13th Resurrected being available on Steam, the project has been put on hold due to legal actions from Horror, Inc., the owner of the Friday the 13th franchise. This unofficial game, developed for free play, was scheduled for an official launch on April 15, 2024, but now all work is focused on removing any copyrighted material following the cease-and-desist notice.

The developer disclosed through a tweet that GreenbergGlusker, legal representatives of Horror Inc., have ordered the immediate stoppage of Friday the 13th Resurrected production, citing it as

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