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MGS3 Demo Nabbed From Sony E3 Stand?

Posted by simoniker on from the or-so-the-rumor-goes dept.

Ant writes "GamesRadar.com is reporting that a Metal Gear Solid 3 demo was stolen from the E3 videogames expo by nefarious exhibition attendees, as, allegedly: 'L.A. Convention Center security staff were left flat-footed and red-faced yesterday as two unknown perps had it away with a copy of the MGS3: Snake Eater demo... The code snatchers were able to gain access to the PS2 demoing Snake's hotly anticipated jungle rumble by cracking the perspex case on one of the pods on the Sony stand."

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  1. Hrm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To be totally serious, doesn't anyone else think this may up the security and tighten who they'll let in E3?

  2. Does the writer know what "code" means? by RotJ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I doubt that the demo discs had the actual game code sitting there in a readable format. It was probably just the game binaries and media. Sure, you could say they stole the "code" because they can use a disassembler to read the assembly code, but that applies to any program. Stealing the code and stealing the game itself are two completely different things. Which is why Valve got into such a hissy fit because their actual code was stolen and not just a beta release.

    1. Re:Does the writer know what "code" means? by WWWWolf · · Score: 2, Insightful
      And they really did call Ico and Yorda just 'boy' and 'girl' in their code. The story must have been made up by the marketing department.

      Or they started coding it before they wrote the story in detail, or even came up with the names. Might not surprise me at all.

  3. Le source code by Forkenhoppen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Something tells me that we could be seeing a lot more game companies investing in source code insurance....it does exist, right?

    Seriously, when a previous company I worked for went to E3, they made a point of ensuring that no developer computers were used for front-line demonstrations. It's just common sense not to have your source code, much less any of your company's development intellectual property, sitting there on the same computer you and your highly-fatigued coworkers are showing to the masses.