Overview
- Three fan developers—Red, open_wizard, and gwog—reverse-engineered Concord’s backend to restore menus, matchmaking, and a full playable match on custom servers.
- Gameplay videos demonstrating the revival were pulled from YouTube following DMCA notices attributed to MarkScan, a firm long associated with Sony’s enforcement actions.
- The team announced on Discord that it has paused new invites and tightened access due to what it called “worrying legal action.”
- Project organizers say participation requires a legitimately obtained copy of Concord and that they remove posts sharing copyrighted files.
- Sony ended Concord’s official run two weeks after its August 2024 launch, refunded purchasers, and closed Firewalk Studios, and reporting indicates no direct takedown has yet targeted the fan-run servers.