Ohnoes: Sims 3 leaked online two weeks ahead
The pirates have struck the X-mark again, claiming illegal booty with digitally ripped software. After hearing Rock Band: Unplugged‘s leaking into the Internet a month ahead of retail release, this bit of news brings another damper to the fight against piracy. It’s been reported that The Sims 3 has now also found its way to torrent sites online, some two weeks ahead of its scheduled release (June 2).
“Liek, ZOMG, Jessica. The call is coming from inside the house!”
The pirates have struck the X-mark again, claiming illegal booty with digitally ripped software. After hearing Rock Band: Unplugged‘s leaking into the Internet a month ahead of retail release, this bit of news brings another damper to the fight against piracy.
It’s been reported that The Sims 3 has now also found its way to torrent sites online, some two weeks ahead of its scheduled release (June 2). With the game going gold just a few days ago, it doesn’t take much imagination how a copy could have possibly been leaked.
To make matters worse, unlike other more recent DRM-ified PC games from Electronic Arts, The Sims 3 doesn’t require online activation to play – a measure used by EA to combat piracy, but was then received with ill-favor and backlash from gamers.
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Via Ars Technica
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