llegal copies of the new GTA IV game appear to be available for download from bit torrent file-sharing sites, six days before the game is officially released.
According to the games website Kotaku, the first ripped files were found online at lunchtime today. The files in question are supposedly an illegal copy of the Xbox 360 version of the game, and have been seeded across various torrent sites by a group calling themselves iCON.
At the moment, the rip is only compatible with the PAL television format, which means people in Europe, Australia, Japan and parts of Asia can download and play the file. Game fans in the US and other countries that use the NTSC format are expected to be able to download a ripped version for their region from the internet within the next 48 hours.
Grand Theft Auto IV, which gets its official global release on April 29, is expected to sell around six million copies in its first week on sell, earning the game's publisher, Rockstar Games, about £200 million.
View: Full Article @ Telegraph UK
According to the games website Kotaku, the first ripped files were found online at lunchtime today. The files in question are supposedly an illegal copy of the Xbox 360 version of the game, and have been seeded across various torrent sites by a group calling themselves iCON.
At the moment, the rip is only compatible with the PAL television format, which means people in Europe, Australia, Japan and parts of Asia can download and play the file. Game fans in the US and other countries that use the NTSC format are expected to be able to download a ripped version for their region from the internet within the next 48 hours.
Grand Theft Auto IV, which gets its official global release on April 29, is expected to sell around six million copies in its first week on sell, earning the game's publisher, Rockstar Games, about £200 million.
View: Full Article @ Telegraph UK
This happens with MOST games.
WHY IS THIS NEWS?
shall we now list the availability of all pirated software on Neowin's front page?
today the following is available on torrent sites:
TUROK - PC GAME
TOM CLANCYS RAINBOW 6 - PC GAME
etc,etc
Seriously, this needs to either be reworded or removed, it reads like you are trying to educate the masses on downloading pirated warez. What's next, How To's on downloading, unpacking and installing the crack?
Neowin is becoming more confusing by the day, it's turning into the land of double standards and bizarre rules.
WHY IS THIS NEWS?
shall we now list the availability of all pirated software on Neowin's front page?
today the following is available on torrent sites:
TUROK - PC GAME
TOM CLANCYS RAINBOW 6 - PC GAME
etc,etc
Seriously, this needs to either be reworded or removed, it reads like you are trying to educate the masses on downloading pirated warez. What's next, How To's on downloading, unpacking and installing the crack?
Neowin is becoming more confusing by the day, it's turning into the land of double standards and bizarre rules.
Ditto. It's quite sad to see the news sections going down the drain, since a few months back.
When's the PC version due out anyway? End of the year? Q1 09?
When's the PC version due out anyway? End of the year? Q1 09?
lets hope there is a PC version in the first place :/
When's the PC version due out anyway? End of the year? Q1 09?
lets hope there is a PC version in the first place :/
I've never seen any indication that it wouldn't be the case.
I was thinkin the same thing too.
I also got a warning for just saying I was gonna go get warez, not even pointing out warez or anything, and this is main page news?!? Weird, very weird.
And no one gets a warning if they say they are going to download this illegal leaked game?????
FARCE
FARCE
FARCE
Honestly, it's one thing when you post about groups trying to take down pirate websites, but when you post a flyer saying,"Hey everyone! Look what's available through pirate websites!!", you are not setting any kind of example for the rules you wish to be followed.
The following just makes it worse:
Really, if your going to police the forums, give warnings for this sort of thing, then please, FOLLOW UR OWN RULES! we dont need anything like do as i say, not as i do. We all know thats not what keeps things nice.
If piracy talk is basically illegal, then this post needs to be deleted and removed. If not, yall have a ton of warnings you should revoke due to this hipocracy.
Like, what?
-to say about the availability of some illegal material.
or
-to say it and don't give us a damn link.
:-P
I am shocked at how quickly people are able to pirate this sort of thing.
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