Killzone 3 Leaks to Torrent Sites

[Andy Chalk]

Killzone 3 Leaks to Torrent Sites

Hot on the heels of the Crysis 2 leak comes word that the PlayStation 3 exclusive Killzone 3 [http://www.amazon.com/Killzone-3-Playstation/dp/B002I0K6DG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297700256&sr=8-1] has also turned up on torrent sites.

We found out on Friday that "a late development build" of posted online [http://www.amazon.com/Crysis-2-Pc/dp/B002BS47YE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1297700305&sr=8-2], including the master key files needed to get around the game's DRM. It was a very high-profile example of the most intractable problem facing PC gaming today: piracy. But don't go thinking that other platforms are immune from such difficulties, as a pre-release version of the upcoming PS3 shooter Killzone 3 is now making the round on various torrent sites.

According to reports, two version of the European edition of the game have slipped out online, one with 3D support and one without. The 3D-capable game is a massive 41.4 GB in size while the standard edition clocks in at 22.3 GB. Both versions required a hacked PS3 to run.

It's tempting to say that this disproves the long-held adage that the PC is the epicenter of videogame piracy but as Eurogamer [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-14-killzone-3-leaked-online] pointed out, this is the first time a major PlayStation 3 game has leaked online prior to release. Given the nature of the PlayStation Network, it's also much easier for Sony to drop the hammer on PS3 pirates than their PC counterparts, giving PS3 owners a much better reason to think twice before they do something stupid. Which, by the way, is something to bear in mind if you're thinking about downloading this thing.

Killzone 3 comes out for real on February 22.


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[the_pleasure_is_mine]

How are all these games getting leaked...

CONSPIRACY!

 

[Korten12]

Well this sucks... But as Jim said on Desturctoid (and no offense): "I guess we're going to see this more and more with the PS3, following the hacking that some dipshits claim was "just for homebrew." Look forward to more annoying Firmware updates. I can't wait for those to roll on down...

Of course, you can argue this "won't damage its sale" because it is Killzone, but that's the point. Big-name sequels are about the only things that publishers want to put out now, because they can survive crap like this. Welcome to the industry that we all helped create."

>.> Its a very sad day.

 

[Desrali T Bear]

You do have to wonder about the employee that would risk their job by leaking these games. What exactly would they hope to gain from it?

Is it not more likely that these "leaks" are really just orchestrated marketing stunts? If it were my game company, and I knew how much Sony cracks down on piracy on their network already, I would absolutely consider pulling a stunt like this. There's not much to lose, and you get a whole bunch of free advertising out of it.

Or am I just over-thinking things? =)

 

[spectrenihlus]

How are all these games getting leaked...

CONSPIRACY!

Jackass time travelers is my belief.

 

[Calico93]

Jeez ! Fucking he-ANOTHER ONE ?
Urghh man.
Sony is going be maaaad.

Pirates will be pirates.

 

[Daemascus]

This has not been a good year for Sony.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Pirating is going to kill PC gaming! Wait... uhh... umm... hmm... nope, can't use that one here... so... erm... they'll still find a way to take this out on PC, they always do...

 

[lolmynamewastaken]

i like how the size of the 3D game is bigger than the hard drive on my playstation...
(yes, i own a 40Gb, laugh it up ¬¬)

 

[Exterminas]

People shouldn't mix this phenomen with piracy.
This problem is strictly on the developers side, because they allow their builts to get leaked. If you can't discipline your own staff, how can you expect that kind of discipline from anyone else in the world?

 

[Quesa]

Just as disappointed at this as I am at the Crysis 2 PC leak, and I'll never own a PS3. As has been said, leaks are happening constantly, they're just not always publicized.

 

[The Rockerfly]

40 GBS?!?
What the everlovingcrap?
How on earth do you make a game that's 40 GB in size? Fallout 3 game out in 2009 and that was 6.7 GB and that game was fucking massive.

On sorry this is a piracy thread. Err down with piracy

 

[ASnogarD]

But .. but ... but ... Killzone 3 isn't a PC title , this report must be a lie.
Shame on the Escapists for putting up a sham report, everyone knows only PC's harbour pirates and leaked pre launch builds, consoles are fully secure.

 

[Vrach]

Great news. No sarcasm. Hope Xbox gets hacked as well so developers stop their bullshit excuse of piracy for not developing PC games. Seeing L.A. Noire a few days ago made me just go "fuck you Rockstar" for another awesome title that's not coming to PC. Like not being able to play RDR wasn't bad enough.

 

[The Rockerfly]

Fallout 3 used the same 10 textures over and over and over and over and... ah you get my point. The devs only need one copy of each texture, they just copied and pasted. 3D on the other hand is a whole different ballgame that I admittedly don't know much about. But I'm not surprised that its that large.

I have heard for 3D films it just coups up the image, doubling it up which is why the memory size would be doubled. Still Just cause 2 I think was 8 GB but yeah Fallout 3 was a bad example

 

[blind_dead_mcjones]

bloody hell...

why is it that there is always a small group of people that always have to ruin things for everybody else? cos it is really starting to try my patience

Well this sucks... But as Jim said on Desturctoid (and no offense): "I guess we're going to see this more and more with the PS3, following the hacking that some dipshits claim was "just for homebrew."

Yea, and the sad part is that a lot of pirates still believe that they are morally in the right somehow, or that its ok for them not to care because the company will "still make money".

the real shame is that is that the only way to make them care would be a blunt object judiciously applied to the side of their cranium, which unfortunately would result in the person who hit them going to jail