MGS3 Demo Nabbed From Sony E3 Stand?

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."

Comments

Torrent link?

[wheresdrew]

=o)

Should've been in the article:

[Mahtar]

A representative of the LAPD was quoted as saying, "!" before running after some footprints.

Re:Should've been in the article:

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, immediately after stealing the demo, the thieves hid in a secret area unreachable by cops and knocked on the wall repeatedly for three hours, while cops walked back and forth around it saying "Huh, what was that."

Re:Should've been in the article:

[Anonymous Coward]

Eyewitnesses also stated seeing two suspicious cardboard boxes in the vicinity.

Re:Should've been in the article:

[Spleener12]

Actually, for footprints they just say "?".

What would really amuse me would be if some of the cops were discovered unconsious lying over a Japanese porno mag with a tranquilizer needle in their crotch missing only their ID.

Suspects?

[Tezkah]

The LAPD are investigating the incident and are looking for two 19-20 year old males.

In other news, everyone attending E3 was held for questioning by the LAPD.

The true pirates

[elasticwings]

First sea pirates, then computer pirates, now shoplifting pirates...

Again?

[Gothic_Walrus]

Crap...does this mean that they're going to delay the game for months to rewrite the multiplayer and the other stolen code? Damn thieves...I want my Half-Life now!

Wait...this is Metal Gear? In that case, never mind...

I heard..

[JazFresh]

I heard they called in the US Army to find it.

Does the writer know what "code" means?

[RotJ]

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.

Re:Does the writer know what "code" means?

[kyz]

Fun fact - the European version of ICO has an objdump of the game executable right there on the DVD. While it's not source code, we do get all the filenames of the source code, and all the labels / method names, etc.

It's really interesting. For example, you get to see exactly which programmer coded what, as they all kept the code in their own directories. 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.

Le source code

[Forkenhoppen]

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.

ESR Knows his shit.

[Curtman]

by cracking the perspex case on one of the pods on the Sony stand.

You see! Now those are crackers. Leave the hackers alone.