UPDATE 9/17: CD Projekt Red has responded to Ethan Reynolds' claims, clarifying that the reason why it issued the trademark strike was because Reynolds was allegedly using the Cyberpunk 2077 tag to promote Neon Nights.

"The reason why our legal team reacted was because of the Cyberpunk 2077 trademark was being used (in the tags) to sell unrelated products. This information was also included in the original email you received and partially quoted."

Original story follows.

As it stands, Cyberpunk 2077 is being patched left, right, and center in order to make it the game that it was supposed to be nearly ten months ago. With CD Projekt Red issuing the latest patch to its open world sci-fi epic, each iteration is moving the multi-million selling title away from the mess that it was when it was launched in December. However, for some people, the reputation of the studio has already been marred thanks to the game's shaky launch, and it looks as though that reputation is only being ruined further, according to this one developer.

In a post published on Twitter recently, user and game developer Ethan H. Reynolds has struck out against CD Projekt Red, the studio behind Cyberpunk 2077, after their own game, Neon Nights, was issued with a trademark strike. The strike claims that Reynolds' game, specifically the artwork, is alleged to be "violating rights" despite the fact that their game is not related in any way to Cyberpunk. Reynolds says in their tweet that this could be down to a corporate bot that simply scans for the word "cyberpunk" despite the fact that, according to the tweet, the word can relate to a genre as well as a specific game name.

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The indie developer goes on to say that they have tried to support CD Projekt Red in the past, particularly when it comes to their games, but now says "no more" to defending the company. It does seem as though this could be a case of mistaken identity. According to the game's page on Itch.io, Neon Nights is a tabletop role-playing game that just happens to have a "cyberpunk/dystopian" theme, and is not related to CDPR's title.

The big conglomerates are often known to come down hard and fast on independent creators over intellectual property rights. At the start of this year, Nintendo issued a DMCA takedown on over 300 fan-made games, not to mention the fan-made Goldeneye levels remade in Far Cry 5 being pulled by Ubisoft. It seems that Reynolds is not the only one to be at the receiving end of corporate takedowns. However, in their case, it does seem as though this was done either through someone issuing a complaint or a bot simply misjudging the content of the game or its artwork.

Of course, occasionally the tables get turned. CD Projekt Red itself found itself the subject of a lawsuit over the launch of Cyberpunk 2077. Let's hope that the company will do right and sort the issue out so that Reynolds can continue on with their career and life without fear of reprisal over something that seems to be an error.

Cyberpunk 2077 is out now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.

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