The Steam page for Only Up!, the latest indie hit to take Twitch by storm, has now been reinstated following a temporary take-down amid recent copyright controversies. Although the exact reason for its previous removal remains unknown at the time of writing, some fans are speculating that its return is due to the fact that developer SCKR Games reportedly swapped out a stolen asset that wasn’t meant for commercial use. According to a Reddit comment from a user named LuntiX, the game was apparently updated in order to alter a specific portion of the game. The section in question previously contained a depiction of a “giant girl,” which, as pointed out by Kotaku, original appeared on the Sketchfab website. Following the update, however, the alleged stolen asset has now been replaced by a statue of Atlas holding a spinning globe aloft, thereby allowing the developer to re-list Only Up! on Steam. Now, even though the indie hit has returned to both Valve’s platform and Twitch, it seems that Only Up! has become notorious in some circles as fans are claiming that it continues to use assets from other popular franchises, which includes some of the music created by Nintendo and
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The most popular game on Twitch has returned after reportedly swapping out stolen asset
