The Sims 3, one of EA’s key titles for 2009, has spilled onto torrent trackers a full week before the game is released across North America.
Rumours of the leak first appeared on a GamePolitcs report. Casualgaming has since identified a number of trackers linking to a 4.9 GB file packaged with a crack to illicitly run the game. Comments on certain trackers are already expressing views about how The Sims 3 plays.
Full Story on Casualgaming.biz.
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