Trio of Hot New Games Victimized by Piracy
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Illegal versions of  Halo 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Half-Life 2 have appeared on file-sharing networks, news groups and websites.
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Game addicts meet a potentially addictive new game. Will profit ensue?
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It&#39;s been copied by rivals, disparaged by social critics, attacked by politicians and snapped up - check the sales numbers after just one week on the shelves â-y gamers.
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Tycho:  As suggested by Gabriel's recent communique, pokemania is not only going strong but has burst, like some foul canker, and the infection has spread.  It's true that I have built a so-called "Leaf Deck," but this is because I was fairly certain they would beat me up if I didn't.  Now he's hauling in his case of Next Quest figurines each day, as I myself once hauled a tacklebox of Necrons, only I need to stress that it was more awesome when I was doing it, because Necrons are unkillable harvesters of flesh and not some kind of weird fox or living scarf.  It's absolutely fucked that I have spent almost fourteen years trying to reveal the subtle glories of table gaming, only to be cast down time and time again.  However wise my counsel, it apparently lacked that crucial munchkin component.    After I completed Half-Life 2: Episode Two - perfectly acceptable entertainment, but nowhere near the revolutions found elsewhere on the same platter - I started to wonder how they would deliver the third episode to the same platform in the next year or so.  I doubt they'll have another four games to accompany it, but who knows:  they're a bizarre company where extraordinary things happen.  Left 4 Dead, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, and Episode 3 might look pretty nice on there together.  On the PC, of course, one simply clicks a couple times to get whatever they want, and then leverages Valve's fairly incredible community implementation to get things done.  You could accomplish all of this using only the tip of your nose.      On the Playstation 3, even with Valve's distaste for native development, there's already several precedents for direct delivery of individual titles.  On the 360, where Arcade is Microsoft's only concept for delivering titles in their entirety, the hundred and fifty meg limit falls hard around some titles, hemming them in.  But there's a weird (read: psychotic) eyelet where where larger-form product can escape: as content drops for retail titles.  I was surprised that there was no option for this in The Orange Box itself.  Now that Valve is in a position to write a game once and then compile it to different platforms, a retail release - called "Steam," and including two or three catalog titles - could be delivered as an anchor for their considerable franchise power almost in  perpetuity.  After years of fairly positive digital delivery experiences through Steam, I have to say that I found purchasing a Valve product in a retail context almost unpleasant - and not just because it entails hauling around my considerable bulk.  Retail has been a raw deal for a long time now in developer terms, and I avoid it whenever possible.  I should solicit another piece by an insider here for the post, and I know just the guy.  When he breaks down the way royalties work in the industry, you'll be surprised it isn't just Electronic Arts that's left, selling Electronic Arts games in EA branded stores.
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A month before the video game&#39;s scheduled release this coming Tuesday, illegal copies of the hot sci-fi action title &quot;Halo 2&quot; were already circulating on the Internet.
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The body count is high in two new video games, &quot;Halo 2&quot; and &quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.&quot;. Those two hit games also are making casualties of their competition on the sales racks.
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Video gaming's most felonious franchise is back, and it's threatening to hijack the holidays. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the latest in a line that has sold 32 million games and sparked protests among anti-violence activists, arrives in stores this week.
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The makers of the best-selling Grand Theft Auto games are &quot;aggressively pursuing&quot; the pirates who leaked a copy of the latest version of the game.
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Hungry for broiling-hot hamburger action? Hankering for a few bytes of cheap gaming bliss? Need a whopper of a good time? Have it your way with three BK video games. By Lore SjÃ¶berg.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has become the latest big name title to fall victim to the determined efforts of the piracy scene as the PS2 Rockstar opus leaked onto illegal download channels today.
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The online game infringes the copyright of the longstanding board game, game-maker says.
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How&#39;s this for rough justice: A video game named for an act of stealing was stolen. A version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, due to hit stores next week, ended up on the Web late Wednesday
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That&#39;s right. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has become the latest victim of piracy, with illegal copies of the game, its manual, and its cover appearing on various Web sites.
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Rockstar Games issued a press release confirming rumors that illegal copies of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas have appeared online in various forms of download.
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Microsoft is investigating the recent on-line release of a pirated copy of the forthcoming Xbox âHalo 2â game, warning that downloading the code, or making it available for download, will be treated as theft.
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Headed in the wrong direction A disgruntled Reg&lt;/e&gt; reader got in touch with us because he'd unwittingly bought some counterfeit X-box games on eBay.â¦
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Internet pirates have released illegal copies of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the web just days shy of its official release. &quot;The proper authorities are investigating the theft and are continuing to investigate