Digital Homicide owner cancels lawsuit against Steam users
Cites lack of funds in termination filing after "business was destroyed completely"
James Romine, the owner of developer Digital Homicide, has dropped his case against a group of Steam users after running out of money with which to pursue the case.
Romine had previously been attempting to sue a group of 100 Steam users who had created a group dedicated to criticising Digital Homicide, an action which Romine said amounted to a "hate and harassment group" targeting the company.
Romine had also attempted to obtain the personal information of the users from Valve and indicated that he intended to sue the platform holder itself after Valve removed Digital Homicide's products from the service "for being hostile to Steam" after Romine's lawsuit against the group was filed. Ironically, this move presumably contributed significantly to Digital Homicide's precarious financial situation and subsequent dropping of charges. Previously, Romine had also attempted to sue journalist Jim Sterling for $10m (later upped to $15m) for "assault, libel and slander" after he posted a negative video of one of the company's games
An Arizona judge granted Romine's request to dismiss the case without prejudice, but refused to refund court costs.