Crysis 2 Leaked

[te_lanus]

Almost 45 days before the scheduled release date, a complete build of Crysis 2 is freely available to people who frequent illegal download interwebsites.

According to a thread at Facepunch.com, the full code for Crytek's shooter sequel set in New York City, including multiplayer and the code key to deal with the online DRM, was posted today. No one is sure where the leak came from, but it's especially damaging because the game is near to being declared gold and shipping to retailers. If the code is recent, it's basically the game that everyone will be playing if they purchase the disc. Crysis 2 is set to come out for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on March 22nd.

"So a late developement build of Crysis 2 has gone up on certain sites, it includes the full game, including multiplayer," said user Tom Costello from the Facepunch forums. "It also includes the DRM Solidshield master key files, which only fucking handles the online activation.

"Crytek are going to be so fucking mad," he concluded.

Damn straight, they are.

[Kherr]

I almost feel bad for them. See... Pirating... Can't stop it. ;3

[Hot Trout]

Like Bad Company 2, because of the sheer hard work that goes into making a game like that, I think I will purchase it. PC game developers are on the decline and we really need to try and buy a few games now and then. I understand that many games are downloaded and often just checked out before deleting, however if you download something and play it a lot (because it is good) I strongly feel that you should then also buy it. Even if you wait until it is reduced in price.

[Kherr]

When I can afford it, I buy the things I like. Like for example, I had until recently had a pirated and steam free copy of Audiosurf... I bought audiosurf off of steam like a week ago and deleted the pirated and steam free copy... along with a few other games the previous week. ;3

Quake 2
Geometry Wars
Half Life
Half Life: Blue Shift
Half Life: Opposing Forces
Half Life 2
Team Fortress Classic
Portal (got it for free when they were giving it away last year)