Fan Remake of TF2 on Source 2 Deleted After DMCA From Valve
It's no fun being DMCA'd. Being on the target of many gamers, the fan projects Team Fortress 2 and Portal 64 have officially ended. The reason for the cancellation of development in both cases was Valve.
Team Fortness 2 is a phenomenon. Valve's game is already 16 years old, and it still enjoys a popularity that many newer titles can envy. However, despite the impressive gaming community and ongoing support provided by the developers, the game could use a slight facelift.
It was prepared by a group of ambitious creators from Amper Software, who worked for three years on porting Team Fortress 2 to the much more modern Source 2 engine.
Unfortunately, the fan project will not see the light of day because Valve decided to block it through DMCA, which prohibits the creation and distribution of materials and technologies that violate copyrights (via PCGamesN).
Valve's decision is fully justified because, as the company's claim states: " TF2 assets were transferred to Source 2 without permission and are redistributed by Amper Software in the game mode for Facepunch's S@box. Facepunch did not license any Valve resources for S@box. Unauthorized transfer and redistribution of Valve Corporation's assets violates its intellectual property."
However, it should be borne in mind that before Valve used the DMCA, the devs themselves decided to abandon the project after changes to the engine made all games based on it unplayable. The order to stop development due to copyright infringement was only the nail in the coffin of Team Fortress: Source 2.
Portal 64 also shared the fate of the fan-made TF2 . The project, which was nothing more than Valve's hit puzzle game transferred to the classic Nintendo 64 console, was terminated because its creator used libraries owned by Nintendo.
