Last week, rumors of a lawsuit over an Alone in the Dark review filed by Atari against German website 4Players.de found their way to a number of news sites such as this.  However, today Atari has debunked the gossip in a response to SPOnG.com's earlier inquiries into the matter.

An company representative has stated, "Atari is not and will not be taking legal action of any kind against anyone relating to the reviews of Alone In The Dark. We are happy to clarify the situation in response to current inaccurate and misleading speculation."

All this talk of legal action started when 4Players.de posted an editorial last Thursday saying they had received a fax from Atari's lawyers telling the site that by running a review before the embargo set to end that Friday, they were "breaking the law and violate the rights of [Atari's] client."

The 4Player website, roughly translated by Google, confirms the conflict has been resolved peaceably:

"The dispute between 4Players.de and Atari was settled today.  In a personal conversation between the two parties, Atari Germany's accusations against 4Players.de in all respects withdrawn.  In addition, the legal action against 4Players.de.  Thus, the differences in the case of Alone in the Dark overcome by mutual agreement.  Atari and 4Players.de looking forward to the future cooperation."

Alone in the Dark has been released in North America, but the PlayStation 3 version has been delayed until Fall 2008.