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Developer blames piracy for Son & Bone's poor sales. „We can't devote time and resources into something that will be pirated and given away for free”
Studio TeamKill Media apparently dislikes the PC not only for vulgar mods but also for piracy, allegedly responsible for the poor sales of their team's games on PC.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 27, 2025
Nintendo Sues Creators of Yuzu Emulator. Latest Zelda was Pirated a Million Times Before It Hit the Market
Nintendo has sued the makers of Yuzu, a Switch console emulator. The company cited the popularity of the pirated version of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as an example of damages.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 28, 2024
Map to Sacred Tree Location in Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones is full od various points of interest. One of them is Sacred Tree, where you can buy Hulk blueprint.
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Damian Gacek
February 9, 2024
Skull and Bones - Where to Find Sunken Goldmine Location
Are you looking for Sunken Goldmine in Skull and Bones? From this guide you will learn where to find this location.
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Agnes Adamus
February 9, 2024
'Pirate It Rather Than Watch Playthrough on YouTube,' Ask Devs of Slay the Princess
Black Tabby Games prefers that gamers without money check out the highly rated Slay The Princess illegally than if they were to spoil their adventure with the game after seeing a walkthrough on YouTube.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
December 28, 2023
'You Can Pirate, but Consider Supporting' - Postal Devs on Piracy and Resellers
The negative attitude of game developers towards computer piracy is quite expected. However, the creators of the Postal series surprised the fans with a rather unusual view of the issue.
video games
Adam Celarek
June 7, 2023
The Sims 5 Barely Entered Testing and Already has Pirate Problem
Pirating of a video game before its release is no mean feat. Unless, as in the case of Electronic Arts and the new The Sims, the developers invite the wrong people for testing.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
November 3, 2022
Denuvo Wants to Kill Switch Emulation on PC; Announces Death of Piracy
Denuvo creators have taken up the fight against emulation of Nintendo Switch games on PC, obviously in the interest of earnings and positive reviews of developers' works.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 25, 2022
Russian Devs of Loop Hero Recommend Pirating Their Game Due to Sanctions
Due to sanctions, some players have problems with the purchase of the Russian game Loop Hero. In such cases its developers recommend to use a pirated version.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 30, 2022
PS4 Firmware 9.0 Cracked; PS5's Security May be Compromised
An exploit has been released for version 9.0 of the PS4, enabling users to install their own software on the console - including pirated games. It should also work on PS5, but due to lack of hardware for testing, the crackers are unable to verify this.
hardware & software
Michael Zegar
December 14, 2021
Microsoft Gives Pirates a Chance and Wants to Cash in on Them
Microsoft has an interesting practice to encourage pirates to buy Office licenses. People with an illegal version of the software will get a 50% discount.
hardware & software
Dawid Wanat
December 9, 2021
$10 Million Fine for Modifying Switch - Verdict in Hacker's Case
Gary Bowser must pay more than 40 million in fines. This is the result of a civil lawsuit with Nintendo of America.
video games
Adam Krolak
December 7, 2021
PS5 Security Cracked; Sony Rewards Crackers
A known cracker has deal with PlayStation 5's security measures and unlocked the debug mode. However, he refuses to share the details, and Sony is happy to pay for it.
other
November 8, 2021
5.8 Million Hacking Attacks on GTA 5, Minecraft and The Sims 4 Players
Kaspersky has stopped 5.8 million malware attacks on users of bootleg versions of GTA 5, Minecraft, The Sims 4 and other games.
hardware & software
August 31, 2021
Hacker Arrested for Selling Pirated Legend of Zelda Save Game Files
A 27-year-old Japanese has been arrested for selling modified save data files for Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. He also admitted to distributing files from other Nintendo games.
video games
Adam Krolak
July 11, 2021
Yakuza Banned by Chinese Pirates
The Yakuza series has been banned by Chinese pirates and the blame allegedly lies with Taiwan, Kazuma Kiryu and a certain Japanese v-tuber.
video games
Damian Gacek
July 5, 2021
Malware Mines Crypto on PCs of Users Who Pirated Games
Malware unnoticeably mines cryptocurrency on a gamer's computer. It seems that just buying GPUs is not enough for miners. Let me reassure you - the problem concerns only torrent lovers.
hardware & software
Arkadiusz Strzala
June 28, 2021
RomUniverse Website Owner Loses to Nintendo; Will Pay Millions
Nintendo has won in court against the owner of the RomUniverse website, who was accused of copyright infringement. Now, Matthew Storman must pay millions of dollars.
video games
Angelika Kaldus
June 1, 2021
Sega Accuses SteamDB of Piracy, Yakuza: Like a Dragon Page Removed
Japanese company Sega has sent SteamDB a request to remove the game page of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. The publisher claims that the website is engaged in piracy.
video games
Bart Swiatek
March 30, 2021
Adobe Wants a Tweet Removed for Sharing Link to 27 Year-old Software
Adobe takes piracy of its software very seriously. Even if the app was released over 27 years ago.
hardware & software
Przemyslaw Dygas
March 16, 2021