Deus Ex:Human Revolution got leaked.

[RollForInitiative]

It's scary you say that with the eyes, also a lot of stores leak games too, a mom and pop shop in my town used to leak the pokemon games like a week early. But as long as they are not pirating it it's not the worse that can happen.

My avatar was surprisingly appropriate for that post, wasn't it? I hadn't thought of that. lol

What you describe is "breaking a street date," as opposed to straight up "leaking." The former means that a store puts the game on shelves early, which is a pain in the ass but not really a huge problem. The latter is when the source code for something starts turning up online, as we saw with Half-Life 2 and several other major titles in recent years. That is the kind of activity I was referring to. =)

 

[Comando96]

Already pre-order it on steam...

Morally... I would be fine downloading this...

no no no no... don't spoil it... most likely there will be missing bits.

 

[]DustArma[]

The PC version is just a CloneDVD and is unplayable right now, probably thanks to the way Steam works (DVD's are missing about 10MB of critical files that are downloaded from the Steam servers)

 

[GiantRaven]

I think the beta has tided me over nicely for the release of the actual game.

Shame about this really though.

 

[BoredRolePlayer]

It's scary you say that with the eyes, also a lot of stores leak games too, a mom and pop shop in my town used to leak the pokemon games like a week early. But as long as they are not pirating it it's not the worse that can happen.

My avatar was surprisingly appropriate for that post, wasn't it? I hadn't thought of that. lol

What you describe is "breaking a street date," as opposed to straight up "leaking." The former means that a store puts the game on shelves early, which is a pain in the ass but not really a huge problem. The latter is when the source code for something starts turning up online, as we saw with Half-Life 2 and several other major titles in recent years. That is the kind of activity I was referring to. =)

I guess I'm referring to breaking street date then haha (getting pokemon early is awesome, same with soul calibur 4), and yeah I would agree with you if my source code for a project I'm working on (I'm a dev in training at college ) was leaked online I would be super pissed. But mostly these news stories refer to a broken street date and cracked DRM(which the cracked part is bad...). Seeing how the game went gold a month ago and is coming out next Tuesday.

Also your prinny avatar rules, I can't wait for disgaea 4.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

PIRACY ON THE PC IS KILLING GAMING!!!

Spoiler: Crude language in image.

But that just made you more likely to click on this. Am I right?

 

[Simeon Ivanov]

Um ... the game is coming out like ... 6 days from now. I already have it on pre-order with some bonuses ... I think I'll wait a little.

 

[Gill Kaiser]

What does it matter? If it's a good game, people will pay for it. Those that won't, would never have, so nothing is lost.

 

[ultrachicken]

As a developer, I'm all for kicking the everliving shit out of people that leak our work, then lighting them on fire. Seriously, grow the Hell up.

I may not be a developer, but I share a similar sentiment towards these people, especially when it comes to leaking masterpieces like this.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

...........*Sigh*...

Time to just log off the internet until I can get my preordered copy of the game.

 

[Sir Shockwave]

Cool, now drm will tightened up, thanks pirates

They've already Region Locked it. Not that it helps much...

You sure? According to today's news, the PC region lock on UK versions of the game will not be implemented after all. (Source: http://www.gamona.de/games/deus-ex-human-revolution,region-lock-bei-uk-version-wieder-entfernt:news,1975209.html )

Rock, Paper, Shotgun begs to differ:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/17/deus-ex-human-revolution-is-region-locked/

 

[Sonicron]

Cool, now drm will tightened up, thanks pirates

They've already Region Locked it. Not that it helps much...

You sure? According to today's news, the PC region lock on UK versions of the game will not be implemented after all. (Source: http://www.gamona.de/games/deus-ex-human-revolution,region-lock-bei-uk-version-wieder-entfernt:news,1975209.html )

Rock, Paper, Shotgun begs to differ:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/17/deus-ex-human-revolution-is-region-locked/

Fail.
If you'll look at the link (further down in the article) to the 'Rock Paper Shotgun' forum thread on the topic, you'll see that the very first post has been updated by one of the mods, stating that Square Enix has decided not to implement the region lock after the collective gaming community seemed ready and willing to shove burning paddles up the asses of everyone working at the company.

 

[King of the Sandbox]

Huh. Well,.... GG, DRM?

 

[Vault101]

"yeah pirate!!! in the name of anarchy! durr huur!!!"

*sigh* honestly I dont understand it

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Why spread this around?

Isn't that kinda shitty to the developers?

And people wonder why they've all become so console-centric. Ridiculous.

EDIT: Sure, it gets cracked on console too but most console users don't know how to use or acquire pirated stuff.

 

[Booze Zombie]

"yeah pirate!!! in the name of anarchy! durr huur!!!"

*sigh* honestly I dont understand it

This is more in the name of chaos, anarchy has no governing force, that's the only ideal it really requires. Sorry, I just felt compelled to type that.

I think that so long as companies stop challenging pirates with DRM they'll get less shit, really.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Why spread this around?

Isn't that kinda shitty to the developers?

And people wonder why they've all become so console-centric. Ridiculous.

The Irony is it's leaked for the consoles too and it's only the CONSOLE version that is working because of Steamworks!

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Why spread this around?

Isn't that kinda shitty to the developers?

And people wonder why they've all become so console-centric. Ridiculous.

The Irony is it's leaked for the consoles too and it's only the CONSOLE version that is working because of Steamworks!

Yeah but most console users don't have a clue how to use pirated copies of things.

 

[Keava]

Nothing new. Every console release get's leaked. I'm yet to see one that wasn't really. I'm actually surprised it came that late, guess there was some delay in shipping and the guys at stores couldn't get their hands on it anytime earlier.

 

[Cowabungaa]

"yeah pirate!!! in the name of anarchy! durr huur!!!"

*sigh* honestly I dont understand it

What's there to understand? People are greedy, like to keep their money. Piracy gets them free shit. Tadaa.

Huh. Well,.... GG, DRM?

Except that it, y'know, doesn't really have any awful, draconian DRM measures. Goes to show that game piracy really isn't about fighting the good fight, it's just about people wanting free shit.