The developer said Valve also terminated his contract with the platform, and the rest of his games were taken down following the strike against Piccled Ricc. Polygon asked Adult Swim for more information on the copyright strike, but the company declined to comment.įor Berdyev, the issue goes beyond his game being taken down. Berdyev said that he wasn’t sure if the attention the well-known YouTubers brought to the game was what tipped off Adult Swim. The game didn’t really come into prominence, however, until later in the week, following PewDiePie and Sterling’s gameplay videos. 30, but was heavily teased through Steam’s Community page before then. It's crazy that this have happened, but there is nothing much I can really do.” “What I mean by parody is that I tried to make sure I didn't cross any line as far as legality goes thus why I altered the name and character himself, to try to make him look differently than from the cartoon. “It was that time where Pickle Rick was pretty hyped up thing, so I decided to make my own parody about it,” Berdyev said. However, Berdyev argued that he developed the game as a parody, which is typically protected under copyright law. In the game, players take control of Pickle Rick (a character who came into prominence during the most recent Rick and Morty season), fight giant rats and explore various environments.ĭeveloper Ata Berdyev told Polygon that Steam required him to remove his content until the copyright complaint issue is revolved.
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The game came into prominence earlier this week after major YouTubers in the gaming scene, including PewDiePie and Jim Sterling, uploaded playthroughs of the game.
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A fan-made Rick and Morty PC game, Piccled Ricc, was pulled from the Steam store today following a copyright strike from Adult Swim the developer is currently fighting against.