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Developer Ustwo reveals high piracy rates on Android compared to iOS
Read More »Far Cry 4 complainers out themselves as pirates
Field of view slider unavailable in illegally downloaded versions of the game
Read More »Far Cry 4 PC complainers accidentally reveal themselves to be pirates
PC gamers complaining about the lack of a specific function in the PC version of Far Cry 4 have been revealed to be pirates. A number of complainants took to the likes of Reddit and Twitter to complain the Ubisoft’s game lacked a FOV (field of view) slider – this …
Read More »Google search downranking dents major torrent site traffic
A new search algorithm implemented by Google last week has seen the traffic on some major torrent sites more than halve. TorrentFreak reports that sites that have received high numbers of copyright takedown requests have now been demoted in Google’s search results. The result is that a number of the …
Read More »Defending online games from piracy, cheating and fraud
Cigital's Amit Sethi and Arxan's Rennie Allen offer advice on how to improve your cybersecurity
Read More »The Sims 4 ‘glitch’ is inadvertently exposing pirates
A ‘glitch’ designed to hamper the experience of those who have pirated The Sims 4 has caught a lot of people out online. Player Attack reports that the game’s forums are awash with folk complaining that the pixelated blur normally employed to protect their avatar’s modesty is instead growing and …
Read More »No penalties for persistent illegal downloads in blunt new UK anti-piracy campaign
Voluntary Copyright Alert Programme begins next year
Read More »Modders demonstrate successful Wii U Mario Kart 8 hack
The security of Nintendo’s Wii U appears to have been compromised. A speedrunner called MrBean35000vr has a released a video that shows some very basic tweaking of Mario Kart 8 using a web-browser vulnerability, such as the speeding up of in-game music. Fortunately, the hack has already been blocked by …
Read More »Phil Fish compares YouTubers to pirates
Oh, Phil. The ever-controversial Phil Fish yesterday took to Twitter to compare YouTubers who post game footage to pirates, before going on to delete or suspend his Twitter account entirely. "YouTubers should have to pay out a huge portion of their revenue to the developers from which they steal all …
Read More »Game of Thrones series 4 finale sets new online piracy record
Last night’s series four finale of Game of Thrones has set a new record for illegal downloads. The tenth episode of the highly popular TV series was downloaded by over 1.5 million file sharers in the 12 hours following its transmission on American screens on Sunday night, according toTorrent Freak. …
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