CarGamingBlog reports that SPINTIRES developer Pavel Zagrebelnyj has taken to a Russian social network to complain that U.K. publisher Oovee has effectively locked him out of his own game, saying: "Sad news… just seemed like the development process started, I almost finished my map and tools to develop mods (free upgrade)… as our Englishmen from oovee together with the loot disappeared. I don’t have permissions to upload the update to Steam. So now I’ll complete and release map editor, in the version it is now, and this will be end of Spintires." This is accompanied by claims he has had forum posts deleted to cut him off from the community for the racing game. Oovee denies deleting posts, and says that all payments have been made as they should, stating they are hoping to clear this up, but affirming they own the game outright. "Unfortunately there have been some communication issues recently which appear to have lead to this post being made by Pavel on the Russian forum. Oovee has not been notified of any contract terminations or anything of that matter—a discussion will be held on the subject to rectify any misunderstandings," says the publisher. "As Oovee owns the rights to Spintires, we have no plans of our own to halt and/or cease to develop the game further."