News - Modern Combat 5 game cracked, pirated by early access winner

[HEXUS]

The mobile FPS game is officially launched tomorrow on Windows 8, iOS and Android.

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[Plasmastorm]

The title made me laugh my Effing ass off, then I read the article and realised it's not an EA game

[slipthemonkey]

I'm not going to feel sorry for Gameloft though as they have plenty of other games that will bleed you dry with in-app purchases.

[Jowsey]

...Whoops?

[OilSheikh]

Can't the game be tied to the IMEI and when you launch the game, both the ingame serial no. and the IMEI gets registered on the server ?

[ET3D]

I'm not going to feel sorry for Gameloft though as they have plenty of other games that will bleed you dry with in-app purchases.

So basically when a developer does the right thing it's perfectly fine to pirate them for the other games. Yeah, great way of advocating non-IAP. Might as well stay with IAP to keep the pirates and their stupid justifications away.

[crossy]

Can't the game be tied to the IMEI and when you launch the game, both the ingame serial no. and the IMEI gets registered on the server ?

Don't like that as an idea because the current way that Play works (apologies to Windows/Apple users) allows me to install the one title on multiples devices I own.

An additional official statement by the Gameloft company reinforced Weber's message "we have turned on our anti-piracy systems and now all illegitimate users on a non-official version have been incapacitated".

illegitimate users have been "incapacitated" - how - self-destructing tech? i.e. "You are not authorised to use this app ... 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... bang!" IED as a DRM device - overkill or what?!

[GuidoLS]

Wed, 23 July, 2014: An additional official statement by the Gameloft company reinforced Weber's message "we have turned on our anti-piracy systems and now all illegitimate users on a non-official version have been incapacitated". - translation: challenge issued...

Thu, 24 July, 2014: Pick a torrent site... - translation: challenge accepted, and accomplished...

Streisand effect, people... get a clue.

[Biscuit]

I don't feel sorry for any company that tries to do limited early access, special platform specific features or any other sales gimmick.

Cut out the BS, just make a game and release it for everyone.