The Pirate Bay (Domain) Flees To A Volcanic Island
Torrent trackers The Pirate Bay have had the authorities tightening the noose around their operations for years now, but this week things have taken a twist for the absurd/awesome.
Ubisoft Survey Ponders An Assassin's Creed-Free Pirate Franchise…
Now that Ubisoft has made not one but two pirate-themed games in the Assassin's Creed universe, a survey being sent out to fans (and through them to IGN) wonders if players wouldn't just be fine with a straight-up pirate game.
Downloading the "GTA V PC Torrent" is 18GB Worth of Bad Ideas
About the only thing I can see that's wrong with this diabolical plot is the fact suckers have to download an 18GB torrent before the malware is unleashed. Otherwise, there's a bogus torrent of Grand Theft Auto V's nonexistent PC version that's claimed several victims of late.
Assassin's Creed's New Protagonist Sure Looks Like This Porn Star
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At first glance, Edward Kenway—the protagonist of the upcoming Assassin's Creed IV game—looks like your typical leading dude. Stoic, beefy, masculine. Nothing special, right?
The Pirate Bay Is Not Moving to North Korea
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Earlier this week, there was chatter that The Pirate Bay, a popular BitTorrent site, had moved its servers to North Korea. That was a hoax.
The Most Interesting Pirate-Themed Levels And Areas
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It's not that hard to find great pirate-themed video game zones and levels. Gigantic ships, pirate hideouts on mysterious islands (or in space), full of treasure, topped with a Caribbean atmosphere; an ever-returning element of video games that will always be a pleasure to the eye. We've collected some of the most…
The NES Fighting Game That Featured Sonic, Mario, Ryu and Goku
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How The Piracy Debate Is Like The Emperor's New Clothes
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It takes an (admittedly self-serving) quote from an online retailer to say what every other industry executive must surely be thinking, but can never dare to say out loud.
This Might Be The Best Pirate Trap We've Ever Seen
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Garry Newman, the creator of the Garry's Mod mod/machinima toolkit for the PC, just sprung one of the best pirate traps in recent memory, tricking those who did not pay for his product into essentially giving themselves up.
Kiss Your Copying Software Goodbye, Japan!
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Under current Japanese, it is illegal to upload or sell pirated games and movies. It is legal to copy for one's own personal use. Better get all your personal copying done pronto, because that's going to get harder.
The Next Pirates Of The Caribbean Game Will Be LEGO-ized
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Following in the footsteps of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter, Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean is the next film franchise to get the LEGO treatment from TT Games.
Piracy Prevents Super Street Fighter IV PC
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In an interview with Japanese website 4gamer, Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono says that a strong potential for piracy is keeping PC gamers from getting their own version of Super Street Fighter IV.
Pirates, Ninjas, And Homicidal Teddy Bears
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Pirates lay siege to the Island of Perfection in the upcoming Chapter 9 downloadable content for 505 Games' killer plushie simulator Naughty Bear. And so the circle is complete.
Microsoft Is Ready To Ban Halo: Reach Pirates
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As leaked copies of Halo: Reach hit the torrent sites, Microsoft tells Kotaku that they are aggressively investigating the leak and are fully prepared to hand out bans to anyone caught playing the game pre-release.
A Reformed Pirate Writes
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Letters, we get letters. We get lots and lots of letters. Letters! It's time to take a peek into the Kotaku mailbag.
Japan's Pirates Answer Pirate Questions... Arrr!
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We have already polled you, Joe Q. Reader, about piracy. Let's hear the results of a Japanese poll. Are they the same?
Avast! A Monkey Island Pirate Paradise For PlayStation Home
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LucasArts celebrates the summer release of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on the PlayStation 3 with enough virtual goods to recreate the game yourself in PlayStation Home.
Fat Princess Teases Pirates And Ninjas
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What could possibly be missing from Titan Studios' multiplayer online PlayStation Network game, Fat Princess? Oh yeah...those.
Canada Joins U.S. Piracy Watch List
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We warned you, Canada. The ESA dropped us a line today to inform us that our neighbors to the north have officially made the U.S. Priority Watch List for failing to protect intellectual property.
ELSPA Celebrates First Anti-Piracy Raid Of 2009
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The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association rings in the new year with news of their first anti-piracy raid of 2009, in which they seized computers and more than 1,000 illegally copied games.