news update: Demigod leaked, and some awesome mastercracker cracked the copy protection.

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=Pirates+crack+Demigod+(PC)+before+release+date

 

It guess "retailer releases game too early" or "publisher releases game without copy protection" was not sensational enough for a headline, so 'filenetwork' came up with this one. 

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;P

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Reply #1 Top

Wow, must have taken a lot of work to crack even pretend copy protecion. Seriously. I never saw it coming.

 

Seriously. Skilled bunch of pirates out there. Those copy and pastes are a harsh mistress :P

Reply #2 Top

I thought there was nothing to crack with demigod X|

Reply #4 Top

In Russia people playing offline on Demigod release about 2 days (from saturday).

There is no copy protection, but there is no interest to play offline, so we waiting for licensed key, preorder the game. The whole interest in Online gameplay.  

In my opinion - this game is the best game ever published :) So i cant wait for official russian release (in a week for 15$) and preorder it here.

Reply #5 Top

They're the ones who've cracked up.

 

:fox:

Reply #6 Top

Have fun playing vs pr0 a.i lol :P

Reply #7 Top

Yeah, multiplayer game. I would consider a single player game nothing more than a demo.

Reply #8 Top

And no patches, no free new Demigods. Did anyone who got it from Gamestop have to update first? I don't even know if the day0 patch was on the disk or not :P

Reply #9 Top

Clearly copying an image of a gamestop-bought disc is an epic leak and a huge achievement in cracking.... oh wait...

 

Upside of Reactor overlay chat: the pirates get to deal with me when they're dumb enough to log on.

Reply #11 Top

Upside of Reactor overlay chat: the pirates get to deal with me when they're dumb enough to log on.

Rofl! That's pretty genius really :P

Reply #12 Top

Quoting kryo, reply 9

Upside of Reactor overlay chat: the pirates get to deal with me when they're dumb enough to log on.

Where are you hiding the hostages?

Reply #13 Top

Quoting kryo, reply 9
Clearly copying an image of a gamestop-bought disc is an epic leak and a huge achievement in cracking.... oh wait...

 

Upside of Reactor overlay chat: the pirates get to deal with me when they're dumb enough to log on.

 

Marry me?

Reply #14 Top

Where are you hiding the hostages?

Eet's Closet of Fun.

Reply #15 Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 11

Upside of Reactor overlay chat: the pirates get to deal with me when they're dumb enough to log on.
Rofl! That's pretty genius really

[10:55] <Administrator__> damn
[10:56] <Administrator__> i didnt buy it

[10:56] <Administrator__> and i want to play online

[10:56] <Administrator__> damn..

[10:56] <OrleanKnight> Admin: And the game taps you into the official IRC. Now Stardock knows you didn't buy it. Congrats
[10:57] <Administrator__> so

[10:57] <Administrator__> lol
[10:57] <Administrator__> XDD

[10:57] * Administrator__ was kicked by kryo (~kfx@*.neo.res.rr.com) Reason (come back after you buy it)

 

Also, a bit earlier

[09:52] * _ was kicked by Yarlen (~Yarlen@*.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) Reason (Punt!)
[09:52] * Admin was kicked by Yarlen (~Yarlen@*.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) Reason (Punt!)
[09:52] * Admin_ was kicked by Yarlen (~Yarlen@*.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) Reason (Punt!)
[09:52] * admin__ was kicked by Yarlen (~Yarlen@*.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) Reason (Punt!)
[09:52] * admin___ was kicked by Yarlen (~Yarlen@*.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) Reason (Punt!)
[09:52] <DalzK> haha
[09:52] <DalzK> pwned

Reply #16 Top

Good, keep kicking them until they realize how dumb it is to pirate games before they are actually released.

Reply #17 Top

Hahaha. Damn, why didn't I take a day off from work. :(

Reply #18 Top

Awesome. 

 

This "crack" must not be very wide spread.  I haven't been able to find a seed of it at all.   The few who do pop up with it will make great entertainment :banhammer:

Reply #19 Top

Sad really. This is why I love games with online play. You have to buy them for the main content. Quite excited for my key, won't lie.

Reply #20 Top

There is some poetic justice - pirates won't get the 0 day update which has not just the new online features (including LAN) but also day 0 has all those balance changes the beta testers requested. It plays significantly differently now (for the better).

Reply #21 Top

The game has been released today and the pirate version is already obsolete.

Pretty Enginious  }:)