Gamefront reports that several large, international publishers have been sending out letters to alleged European pirates, ordering them to pay sums of up to 800 Euro (approximately $1000) for every illegally obtained copy of their video games. Publishers that have been sending out these letters supposedly include Codemasters, Square Enix, Atari, and Ubisoft. According to […]
In an interview with PC Gamer, CD Projekt CEO and co-founder Marcin Iwinski stated he expects that for every copy of The Witcher 2, the game was pirated around 4.5 times. CD Projekt has been one of the most outspoken opponents of DRM, and the studio releases all its titles without any form of copy protection. […]
…Unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. According to .torrent file trend analysts TorrentFreak, Activision’s blockbuster shooter’s records weren’t just limited to launch sales, as the game 4.1 million copies of the PC version game were illegally downloaded on BitTorrent alone. The Xbox 360 version saw the second largest plundering with 970,000 copies reportedly swiped. […]
Independent iPhone App developer “Smells Like Donkey” has revealed statistics showing that over 80% of the users playing their recently released game Tap-Fu have played the game using an illegally acquired version of the game. Though the game only costs $1.99 and received some positive reviews, the developers state in their blog that it is […]