A Should Pad Landed Warhammer FTL In DMCA Takedown Jail

A Should Pad Landed Warhammer FTL In DMCA Takedown Jail

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Sci-fi strategy game Void War issued DMCA takedown by Warhammer owner Games Workshop due to shoulder pads

While it's never nice to hear about a DMCA takedown, it's hard to look at the FTL-like roguelike Void War and say it doesn't wear its inspirations on its sleeves. The game features a futuristic setting in which players must command their ship through a hostile galaxy, facing forces of dark cults that have spread like a plague across the stars. Releasing in June 2025, the game was met with a positive reception, although recently it made headline…

Games Workshop had a Warhammer FTL clone pulled from Steam over some overly Space Marine-esque shoulderpads

Last year I covered the demo for Void War, robotically describing it as FTL meets Warhammer 40,000, because that is what it is, and sometimes, you have to call a Spade Marine a Spade Marine (I did enjoy the demo, as flagrantly combinatory as the game may be).

Indie dev claims the sudden takedown of its game was due to Warhammer creator Games Workshop, and a set of familiar-looking shoulder pads

Tundra Interactive, the indie developer behind the indie strategy RPG Void War, has at last spoken out about why the game was temporarily removed from Steam earlier this year. The reason? Well, according to Tundra , it all has to do with a particular set of bulky, familiar-looking shoulder pads.

FTL-like Void War was DMCAed by Games Workshop due to 'oversized convex shoulder pads with a metallic rim'

"For the legally distinct God-King!"