Full FeedAdventures in Piracy: A look back at some memorable anti-piracy measures
For as long as there’s been video games, it seems like there’s been video game piracy. It’s sadly become a commonplace occurrence, with deserving developers and publishers becoming victims of disrespectful players who would rather steal than pay for a quality game. Some developers and publishers attempt to strike back.… Continue Reading »
ELSPA Anti-Piracy Unit takes a huge bite out of crime in Camden
The Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) Anti-Piracy Unit was very busy in Camden, in London, England, on January 29, 2009. The Camden Trading Standards, Metropolitan Police and an ELSPA investigator raided a business in Camdon last week that resulted in the seizure of over 50,000 game copying devices… Continue Reading »
Counterfeit DS consoles, games seized in UK raid
Piracy is one of the biggest problems the video game industry has to deal with. There’s always some hacker out there that can mod a system to play games that were not purchased legally. The latest story dealing with this problem according to MCV comes out of the UK after… Continue Reading »
Global Garde attempts to kill piracy dead
FROM GADGETELL - You’d think that somebody would try to create a form of copy protection that both copyright holders and consumers can be okay with. Apparently the people at CD Digital Card didn’t get that message. MORE »
Japanese Chrono Trigger copyright protection bested by hackers
Well, the score is now Square Enix: 0, Hackers: 2. Square Enix has attempted to put copyright protection in its DS games, first in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates, and now in the Japanese version of Chrono Trigger DS. Chrono Trigger is scheduled to debut in Japan on… Continue Reading »
Midway reporting profit losses
Midway was recently added to the list game-related companies reporting profit losses. Following suit with companies including Sony, Midway, the Chicago-based gaming giant behind Mortal Kombat, Area 51 and Unreal Tournament, has been losing money, too… Continue Reading »
Piracy slowly killing PC games
In May 2008, Crytek announced that it will be abandoning PC exclusivity due to problems with pirated copies of Crysis. Now, Ubisoft Shanghai creative director Michael de Plater revealed to Videogaming247 reasons why the copany won’t bring the anticipated EndWar to the PC. Ubisoft has been having such big problems… Continue Reading »
Nintendo foils pirates with Daigasso! Band Brothers DX
In a move akin to the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates “Thank you for playing!!” moogle, Nintendo’s latest DS game, Daigasso! Band Brothers DX is also proving to be quite the pirate deterrent. The game refuses to run in many cases, or refuses to allow pirates access to… Continue Reading »
Millions of fake Pokemon cards seized in Nintendo-backed initiative
Nintendo has launched a crusade against video-game piracy around the world, working closely with local authorities in piracy hotbeds. Nintendo’s anti-piracy activism has accounted for millions of seized counterfeit Nintendo products. However, it is interested in fighting all types of piracy, it seems, and has been cooperating with Pokemon USA… Continue Reading »
Nintendo claims piracy costs it $975 million in 2007
Nintendo might be winning the console war but it has another front to fight on. It has long been battling game pirates around the world, working closely with local authorities to clamp down on pirates in several countries including Mexico and China. So when the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) submitted… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
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