Game developer releasing fake games

Written by Ernesto on August 28, 2006 

Game developer “introversion” is planning to release “faked” versions of their new games as soon as a pirated copy pops up. The faked versions will look like the real deal, but are in fact nothing more than a demo version.
Introversion states:
“You can’t stop peer-to-peer file sharing, so the best route to combat it is to [...]

Game developer “introversion” is planning to release “faked” versions of their new games as soon as a pirated copy pops up. The faked versions will look like the real deal, but are in fact nothing more than a demo version.

Introversion states:

“You can’t stop peer-to-peer file sharing, so the best route to combat it is to subvert it,” one staffer said. “We will release a version of our game that looks like it’s been hacked at the same time as a pirated version gets out.”

Introversion thinks that people will be so annoyed by this, that they actually run to the store to buy the game. According to introversion, this tactic successful disrupted the distribution of a previous release of the game “Darwinia“.

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12 Responses

1 Aug 28, 2006 at 15:39 by SixDays http://sixdays.se

Well, it will work. for like 5 hrs or something before it gets removed from every tracker in the world. And it doesn’t matter, since the company wont get their version into the scene. So basically, they’re fucked.

2 Aug 28, 2006 at 17:17 by Yatti

Trackers, I doubt will take it down.. But yes every1 will catch on quick… Theres spots for comments everywhere lol..

3 Aug 29, 2006 at 13:46 by Spds

damn you pirates.
Im making games for living. You are robbing me!

4 Aug 30, 2006 at 00:26 by Pariah

Praise you pirates.
I’m downloading games for a living. You are helping me!

5 Aug 30, 2006 at 14:23 by lolz

haha

6 Aug 30, 2006 at 15:43 by Myself

I can`t believe that they are so naive.
LOL!

7 Apr 10, 2007 at 04:59 by smeg

I dont think this will work, but at least they put out a demo verson, people have done worst (IE. the mac devloper that deleats random files) they are a small inde devloper and IMHO should be supproted. Honsitly i like there product.

8 Apr 15, 2007 at 22:55 by ButBuddies

Well the inundation of fake files on Kazaa pretty much killed it so for the less knowledgeable this will work well enough.

9 Jan 06, 2008 at 18:46 by tyler burns

and i have a gamecube and i love mario and is there any fake mario games

10 Jan 06, 2008 at 18:48 by pspfanboy22

i saw fake psp called popstations if you want to see them you go to youtube and right popstation

11 Jan 20, 2008 at 18:28 by old grandad

learn to spell…
you don’t want to look like asses your whole lives, do you?

12 Jan 20, 2008 at 18:39 by FukkenSaved

This game I got via torrent sucks, all I can do is play one hour and it closes. It’s not worth buying, but I wonder if someone’s cracked it to make it usable…

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