We are writing to express our sincere apologies to fellow affected artists for the mess and inconvenience that we have caused with this game artworks.
We have quickly realised that some of the artworks presented on Store page belong to various artists on Deviant arts.
We have then completely removed and replaced the relevant artworks from the Store page and the game.
We are very sorry that this had to happen.
One of the online freelance designers we hired years ago apparently stole some artworks from deviant art without our knowledge instead of making them himself.
To make thing worse, we have been fraudulently handed over a large bill for illegally stolen artwork.
We are now in the process of initiating legal proceedings against this freelance company.
We have suffered extensive financial damage as a result.
To the fellow affected artists, we can imagine how angry, frustrated & disappointed you are given the consequences of our oversight.
We understand that countless hours might have been wasted in filing ownership claims & worrying about the outcome.
For that we are truly sorry.
We have thoroughly re-examined our artwork and taken precautionary steps
towards our graphics department.
Rest assured issue like this will not happen again in the future.
Sincerely,
Play Spirit Team