Tag Archives: piracy

Valve boss Gabe Newell has challenged the notion that software pricing is the driving force behind games piracy. Instead, Newell insists that piracy can be conquered with a sufficiently strong service offering. "We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy,” he told The Cambridge Student, as spotted by GameSpy. …

'I would love to see a PC build of the game' says game director Stanislas Mettra

Ubisoft has blamed piracy for the decision to release neither I Am Alive or Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on PC. Furthermore, the company had a big dig at the PC gaming community. "We’ve heard loud and clear that PC gamers are bitching about there being no version for them," I …

'So few people are paying for PC games that we have to weigh it up against cost' says dev

The European Union’s digital agenda commissioner has said that money spent on pursuing those found guilty of breaching copyright has not helped to decrease piracy. Aggressive legal tactics from certain rights holders has simply created an air of resentment and distrust for the whole copyright system, Neelie Kroes argues. "Is …

Arma developer: We'll never stop piracy but we want people to know it's not right

The rate of games piracy is on the rise, according to new data. Research firm Envisional says that illicit game downloads in the UK climbed 20 per cent over the last five years. It claims that that the five top games of 2010” were illegally accessed online almost one million …

But, in the age of Spotify, music piracy declines

Digital rights management fails to prevent illegal game sales, says digital download firm Good Old Games. Speaking at the 2011 London Games Conference, GoG.com’s MD Guillaume Rambourg said: DRM does not protect your product, I should think it will harm your sales in the long run. DRM does not protect …

Gamex 'not a place for political conflict'