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The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has reiterated its uncategorical support for America’s controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). If implemented, SOPA will allow both the US government and copyright holders to apply for court orders to close down or block access to websites deemed to be hosting copyrighted content. However, …

But Entertainment Software Association still backs the bill

The PC version of EA and Cryek’s Crysis 2 was the most pirated game of 2011, according to TorrentFreak. Between its release in March 2011 and the end of the year, the shooter was downloaded approximately 3,920,000 times. This ranked it ahead of other PC titles such as Modern Warfare …

Three of gaming’s biggest companies have withdrawn support for America’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). EA, Nintendo and Sony had all previously backed the movement but their names have since disappeared from the official list of corporate supporters. The move comes as hacker group Anonymous released a video threatening to …

CD Projekt only taking action against users it is '100 per cent' certain have illegally downloaded the title

Croteam sneaks unstoppable enemy into illicit copies of Serious Sam 3

When you think about it, invincible red scorpions should have been employed as an anti-piracy measure long before now. Fortunately those clever chaps at Croteam have at last utilised the tool in its recent shooter Serious Sam 3. DSOGaming reports that those playing an illegal copy of the game are …

Sports Interactive creating new jobs from the extra money

For every copy of The Witcher 2 that’s been legitimately sold, more than four copies have been pirated, according to the CEO of creator CD Projekt. Marcin Iwinski insisted it would be pointless for his company to use digital rights management (DRM) technologies to attempt to curb piracy, but believes …

But CD Projekt insists it will not resort to DRM technologies