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Dev revokes Overfall keys from Fanatical 2018 bundle
Overfall was part of the Fanatical Origins Bundle from Oct 2018. Fast forward to today and the dev decides to revoke the Steam keys from this bundle. Their reasoning was that the publisher they used at the time did not pay them.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/402310/discussions/0/3068614788761423239/
Originally posted by Ali:
Hi Folks,

The cd-key situation is like this; years ago through a publisher, we made a deal to make Overfall known for wider audiences. This "publisher" wanted approx. 30k keys from us and said they were going to pay us after-sales. Unfortunately, we got scammed by them and couldn't receive payment. On top of that, we witnessed that these keys were being sold on other fraud sites. This is why we had to revoke them.

We're very well aware that you're aggrieved. To make things sorted out we want to give the keys you got from them back again; please fill out the form below so we can send you your fresh keys through e-mail.

Please don't forget that trusting 3rd party sites and not buying the game directly from Steam has consequences sometimes; we learned it the hard way.

Take care all.

https://forms.gle/KhwizpYnrPGL2KQC8

Statement from Fanatical that they are working on it.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/402310/discussions/0/3068614788761423239/?ctp=18#c3068614788761788763
Originally posted by Dec @ Fanatical:
We are aware of an issue with Steam keys for Overfall, which we sold in our Origins Bundle in 2018.

Fanatical acted in good faith with the publisher of the game at that time, who we worked with under contract to provide the game for this bundle promotion. We ran the bundle promotion with permission in October 2018.
All owed royalties were paid in full by Fanatical to the publisher at the end of each month the bundle ran into.

We strongly refute any unfounded allegations around trust. At Fanatical we’ve made the choice that we will always act with integrity and ensure that all our products are officially licensed.

If you have purchased this title through Fanatical and are affected by this we’ve created a page[support.fanatical.com] to keep you updated and are working hard to resolve this for you.

Update from Fanatical:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/402310/discussions/0/3068614788761423239/?tscn=1617390029#c3068614788765887616
Originally posted by Dec @ Fanatical:
Following the issue with the revoked Overfall Steam Keys yesterday, we have worked tirelessly to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.

We once again confirm that Fanatical was never one of the retailers that the developer claimed had sold keys fraudulently and as a result of this we have received new keys that we are in the process of sending you over the next couple of days.

As we confirmed yesterday, at Fanatical we continue to pride ourselves in only supplying our customers with fully licensed products and at no point have we deviated from this. We continue to act with integrity, with publishers and developers, to provide you with great deals on Steam games. Thank you for your patience with this matter and thank you for continuing to be a customer of Fanatical.

Updates from Dev:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/402310/discussions/0/3068614788761423239/?ctp=20#c3068614788761867471
Originally posted by Ali:
Edit: We're not talking about Fanatical with the whole fraud situation, we're in fact in contact with them to make things easier for you guys.

Edit2: There is a misunderstanding about Fanatical because many of the keys that we sent were used for their bundles and deals. Fanatical was not among the "other fraud sites" that we mentioned before, we never blamed them - never will. After getting in contact, instead of making you fill the form (which was an immediate solution patch attempt to those who got their keys revoked), we decided to provide Fanatical all the keys that got revoked from their bundles, and they'll make sure you'll receive them in the near future. We're geniunely very sorry to have this happen to you guys and wanted to fix it as soon as possible.
Last edited by Eviction Notice; 2 Apr, 2021 @ 12:12pm
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Avantyr 1 Apr, 2021 @ 9:18am 
There's a statement by Fanatical and a link to a support page mentioning they are working on it there as well
Eviction Notice 1 Apr, 2021 @ 10:08am 
Thanks Avantyr, updated post with Fanatical's statement.

Also, looks like Pera Games also goes by Gathering Tree.
Same dev team members are listed on the Overfall Kickstarter page that are listed on the website for their newer game TFM: The First Men[playthefirstmen.com] with a release date of later this year. Both devs are also listed on the Overfall Soundtrack.

Devs addressed this too in an update: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/402310/discussions/0/3068614788762142906/
Originally posted by cibram:
Hello everyone,

Years ago through a publisher called Flying Interactive, Pera Games made a deal to make Overfall known for wider audiences. Flying Interactive wanted 30k keys from Pera Games and said they were going to pay after-sales. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen.

After getting reports that Overfall are being sold on websites like ♥♥♥, etc, Pera Games decided to revoke the keys.

I am right now working at Gathering Tree, after Pera, 3 of us from the Overfall team moved on and we continue making games. Today my friend Ali, who is our game designer has seen that the people are posting on the forums about scams. Since we still have Overfall as developers on Steam we immediately tried to respond and help people who are aggrieved, and kinda panicked there not knowing what to do about the situation. No one had any idea about the game being sold where, but the comments and contact form showed us almost all of the people writing have bought the game from a Fanatical Bundle.

I made a call and discussed the issue with 2 great guys from Fanatical, and right now we are waiting for Steam to give the new keys, so you all will get your games back automatically.

So sorry for this honest mistake, and yes, it was kind of a terrible April 1 joke :meatytears:

Last edited by Eviction Notice; 1 Apr, 2021 @ 1:57pm
かぐや 1 Apr, 2021 @ 11:34am 
Got the game from Fanatical Origins bundle as well. Really scummy move by another developer who revoke key from legitimate customer.

Developer linked google docs what does not guarantee you get your game back. Think it as survey. It just makes situation worse for developer, they cannot verify who bought the game or not.

Let Fanatical deal with this issue.
Last edited by かぐや; 1 Apr, 2021 @ 11:44am
JVAHF 2 Apr, 2021 @ 6:20am 
Originally posted by かぐや:
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Developer linked google docs what does not guarantee you get your game back. Think it as survey. It just makes situation worse for developer, they cannot verify who bought the game or not.

That's the most absurd thing that they did: they asked the people that they screwed over to hand personal informations (e-mail, steamkey used for Overfall + information about where it was purchased) AND THEN THE DEVELOPERS SIMPLY RAN AWAY WITH SAID INFORMATIONS and just told the people that had given them said private informations to seek a new key from Fanatical.

Meanwhile I was one of the naives that gave those developers my e-mail along with the other informations and today I have received 125 advertisements e-mails (all on my autotrash/spam e-mail folder, thankfully).
Can I provide proof that the developers sold my private information? No, I can't. I don't know for what purposes they will use my private infromations given and I have no way of controlling their actions; all that I know is that I was promised a key back if I did so and they gave me 0 keys back.
Am I pissed because I used to receive at most 10 spam e-mails per week and today I've received 125 spam e-mails in a day? Absolutely.
Zarkow 3 Apr, 2021 @ 2:21am 
There has been a bunch of idiotic devs doing this, failing to recognize that their dispute is with the bundle-site or publisher. not the end-customers.
Last edited by Zarkow; 3 Apr, 2021 @ 2:43am
kazerniel 3 Apr, 2021 @ 7:27am 
Originally posted by JVAHF:
Meanwhile I was one of the naives that gave those developers my e-mail along with the other informations and today I have received 125 advertisements e-mails (all on my autotrash/spam e-mail folder, thankfully).
Fwiw I gave them my e-mail and key too, but haven't got any spam 🤷‍♂️ But they indeed handled the whole issue very badly.
CONAN_Fabrice 3 Apr, 2021 @ 8:53am 
If only Steam could have the smart idea to put an expiration date on revocations...
Like 6 months between the generation of keys and their revocation.
I'm bored to have 1/2/3 years old activated games revoked.
Eviction Notice 6 Apr, 2021 @ 7:32am 
It looks like Fanatical has uploaded the replacement keys if you had purchased the game.
I just checked and got mine! From fanatical.com > My Account > Order History & Keys - do a search for Overfall. There is a new key that can be revealed and redeemed.
かぐや 6 Apr, 2021 @ 1:41pm 
Everyone will know about it. They even sent an email about replacement key(s).
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