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Cracked Game Released To Get Back At Pirates

Posted by samzenpus on from the and-nothing-changed dept.

John Wagger writes "When Greenheart Games released their very first game, Game Dev Tycoon (for Mac, Windows and Linux) yesterday, they did something unusual and as far as I know unique. They released a cracked version of the game, minutes after opening their Store. The pirated copy was completely same as the real copy, except that after a few hours into the game, players started noticing widespread piracy of their games in the game development simulator."

4 of 509 comments (clear)

  1. New feature for the pirated copy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Web cams only, something like...

    Dialog Box: "The boss is angry about our games being pirated! Go see him quick! [Click here to see the boss.]"

    *click*

    Webcam turns on showing the person sitting at the keyboard playing the pirated game.

  2. Re:So basically by rioki · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do you think Game Dev Tycoon is about? Railroads?

  3. Nice idea by KraxxxZ01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can't wait for rockstar tycoon, where piracy takes heavy toll on main characters cocaine habit.

  4. Re:hehehehe by geminidomino · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pretty sure they stole that idea from "Top Gun" on the NES, except that in Top Gun, the DRM was active even in "legit" versions.