A study by the Video Game History Foundation, a “non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games”, has found that most antique games are beyond the reach of fans unwilling to brandish the black flag on the digital high seas. “87% of classic video games […]
Piracy
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Why pirates never walk the plank: Truth is more gruesome than fiction in the golden age of piracy Rebecca Simon debunks the myths of 17th and 18th century piracy, revealing that the truth is even more shocking READ MORE: Pirates of the Caribbean and Men in Black Star Sergion Calderón […]
March 27 marks the end of service for Nintendo’s 3DS and WiiU online stores, meaning people will no longer be able to purchase new games for these systems. And there’s no news as to whether these games will be available via Nintendo Switch Online or any other official method, which […]
Digital piracy is on the rise and it isn’t expected to slow down any time soon, according to a report from piracy-focused research firm MUSO. In 2022, pirating films increased by about 39% while visits to piracy websites to watch TV shows rose by about 9% compared to 2021, the […]
Streaming video content from non-mainstream providers might make you an unwitting victim of content piracy. If you get a bargain pricing offer, at first you might not care. But you stand a chance of becoming the victim of scammers and hackers, losing personal data, and having your financial assets stolen. That […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior United Nations official on Tuesday welcomed a substantial decrease in piracy incidents this year in the Gulf of Guinea, the world’s top hot spot for such attacks, but warned that pirate groups may be moving into more lucrative maritime crimes. “The threat of piracy […]
Image: DC / Warner Bros. / Kotaku / Willrow Hood (Shutterstock) Gotham Knights got its first significant post-launch patch on PC yesterday. The update was aimed at fixing online multiplayer errors and squashing some bugs. Unfortunately, it also temporarily squashed the Batman game’s Denuvo DRM protections, seemingly leaving it vulnerable […]
Anyone who owned a DVD player in the mid-2000s will remember being told: ‘You wouldn’t steal a car,’ before watching Shrek 2 on their TV. The iconic distorted guitar music and flickering graphics meant the anti-piracy ad stuck in viewers’ minds for year’s to come – but not for the […]