Desura Quietly Purchased by OnePlay

You'll be forgiven for not realising that Desura, the DRM-free indie game platform, was on shaky legs since its parent company went bankrupt last year. You'd also be forgiven for not realising the site actually shut down a couple of months ago.

With all of these quiet things happening, you'd have also missed the fact that OnePlay stepped in and bought Desura last month, along with IndieRoyale and DailyRoyale. All links heading to the front page where they link to their own store and a blog post about the purchase.

Unfortunately, it appears that the assets are all they have been able to purchase. The FAQ explains that Desura is expected to return early in 2017, but that it may not return with all of the accounts in place. We can only assume that the downtime the site experienced resulted in their files being deleted from the servers, and OnePlay are trying to obtain backups.

The other two sites, IndieRoyale and DailyRoyale, will apparently return to continue offering deals on indie games on a weekly and daily basis respectively.