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Adrian Werner, 28 February 2024, 06:24

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.

Damian Gacek, 09 February 2024, 07:12

Skull and Bones is full od various points of interest. One of them is Sacred Tree, where you can buy Hulk blueprint.

Agnes Adamus, 09 February 2024, 06:09

Are you looking for Sunken Goldmine in Skull and Bones? From this guide you will learn where to find this location.

Jacob Blazewicz, 28 December 2023, 05:32

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.

Adam Celarek, 07 June 2023, 17:10

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 03 November 2022, 11:40

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 25 August 2022, 15:00

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.

Adrian Werner, 30 March 2022, 10:20

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.

Michael Zegar, 14 December 2021, 21:55

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.

Dawid Wanat, 09 December 2021, 14:44

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.

Adam Krolak, 07 December 2021, 21:49

Gary Bowser must pay more than 40 million in fines. This is the result of a civil lawsuit with Nintendo of America.

GRG, 08 November 2021, 15:44

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.

GRG, 31 August 2021, 13:41

Kaspersky has stopped 5.8 million malware attacks on users of bootleg versions of GTA 5, Minecraft, The Sims 4 and other games.

Adam Krolak, 11 July 2021, 22:10

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.

Damian Gacek, 05 July 2021, 17:13

The Yakuza series has been banned by Chinese pirates and the blame allegedly lies with Taiwan, Kazuma Kiryu and a certain Japanese v-tuber.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 28 June 2021, 16:49

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.

Angelika Kaldus, 01 June 2021, 15:38

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.

Bart Swiatek, 30 March 2021, 10:34

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.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 16 March 2021, 18:12

Adobe takes piracy of its software very seriously. Even if the app was released over 27 years ago.

Bart Swiatek, 25 February 2021, 17:37

It looks like Empress - the woman responsible for cracking the Denuvo anti-piracy security measures in Red Dead Redemption 2 and Immortals: Fenyx Rising, among others - has been arrested.

Karol Laska, 04 February 2021, 19:45

Japan has begun prosecuting people who violate fair competition rules and sell digitally modified Pokémon on the black market. One of the offenders has already been caught red-handed.

Karol Laska, 04 January 2021, 20:58

We know which series were most „popular” on the pirate market in 2020. At the very top, without a big surprize, is The Mandalorian.

Konrad Serafinski, 01 March 2020, 15:51

The creators of Beautiful Desolation, The Brotherhood, appealed directly to pirates, asking them for any support they can afford. There is even a special website where you can pay at least a dollar to ensure the future of the two-person devteam.

Jacob Blazewicz, 12 September 2019, 15:33

Nintendo has filed another lawsuit in connection with illegal sharing of games on the Internet. This time it was the RomUniverse website, from which the publisher demands substantial compensation.

Paul Wozniak, 21 August 2019, 19:03

Denuvo has announced the introduction of Mobile Game Protection security system for mobile production. This solution is to ensure the security of applications, and at the same time it is to be easy to implement.

Conrad Hazi, 13 July 2019, 23:45

Recently, G2A committed to reimburse ten times the losses incurred by the developers by sales of illegally acquired game keys on the platform. Studio Wube decided to check how the mechanism works and share its insights.

Milosz Szubert, 08 July 2019, 14:57

Polish Internet users want to make fun of people who intend to see Netflix's Witcher from illegal sources. They plan to upload episodes of the Polish 2002 TV series The Witcher (whose bad quality is legendary) to the most popular torrent websites and mark them as the American production.

Julia Dragovic, 02 July 2019, 13:39

Developers have just given us a written conscent. Download our games from the torrents instead of buying G2A keys - this is what Mike Rose from No More Robots and Rami Ismail from Vlambeer want the players to do.

Frozen, 08 May 2019, 21:57

Nintendo closed its Anti-Piracy website. The website has existed for over a dozen years and, in addition to performing a typically educational function, enabled the company to report cases of piracy.

Bart Swiatek, 26 April 2019, 15:51

Developers from Coffee Stain Studios, the creators of Satisfactory, commented on the idea of boycotting the Epic Games Store by downloading pirated games. In their opinion, a better solution is not to play the game at all.

Frozen, 18 April 2019, 13:59

The Game of Thrones is very popular among those, who prefer illegal streaming. A survey shows the number of illegal viewings of the final season's first episode.

Christian Pieniazek, 26 February 2019, 20:58

Research carried out by Vocus Group NZ shows that the scale of piracy is constantly decreasing. The reason for this state of affairs is the wide availability of much more convenient solutions, which do not burden our budget too much.

Conrad Hazi, 13 February 2019, 22:53

Websites with games, films, music and other illegal materials are increasingly often being blocked by internet providers. The scale of their activities is growing and their efficiency is being praised by MPA.

Bart Swiatek, 14 January 2019, 13:51

AI developed by Synamedia may stop account sharing on streaming services.