Full FeedFirst New Super Mario Bros. Wii pirate fined $1.3 million
If you’ve ever considered a secret life as a video game pirate, this latest news story concerning the fate of a New Super Mario Bros. Wii distributor should change your mind. Nintendo Australia has just announced that it has settled out of court with 24 year old James Burt, who… Continue Reading »
Pirates release Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 2 online
Sad news for Bioware and EA Games, pirates have already found Mass Effect 2 and begun distributing it illegally online. People managed to find a copy of the Xbox 360 version of the game, crack any kind of anti-piracy protection and then share it with millions of internet users. The… Continue Reading »
R4 cartridge importer sentenced to year in prison
As further proof that the game industry is not playing around when it comes to piracy, United Kingdom resident Yun Can Meng has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. Meng plead guilty to illegally importing R4 game copier cards. How many? Try 26,500 on for size. The cards allow… Continue Reading »
Adventures 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
Add a CommentFROM 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 »
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