Crysis 2 Leaked Over a Month Before Launch

iviv66 writes with this excerpt from Rock, Paper, Shotgun: "According to a thread on the Facepunch forums, a developer build of Crysis 2 containing the full game, multiplayer and the master key for the online authentication has been leaked, and is currently freely available from all sorts of astonishingly illegal websites. This sounds like it might be a serious tragedy for Crytek. Crysis 2 was scheduled for release on the 22nd of March, so the leaked build could be dangerously close to finished." EA and Crytek have responded to the leak, saying that the illicit copy is incomplete and unfinished, and that "Piracy continues to damage the PC packaged goods market and the PC development community."

Obligatory....

[tanveer1979]

Now thats a crysis

Re:Obligatory....

[Anonymous Coward]

Looks like the game was released with "maximum speed."

The whining just gets more annoying

[Anonymous Coward]

EA and Crytek have responded to the leak, saying that the illicit copy is incomplete and unfinished, and that "Piracy continues to damage the PC packaged goods market and the PC development community."

Then just hurry up and die already. Or pull out of the PC market.

What's that? You still make money hand over fist so you can't justify pulling out to your shareholders? Well fuck me, how unexpected.

Re:Leaks are GOOD for the FANS

[dadioflex]

This is so off the wall and I feel so conflicted. I can't help it. One part of me is disgusted because you're a Michael Jackson fan, another part of me completely agrees with you. Leaks don't stop the people who buy games from buying the game. They want to own the game. The people who download the leak and play it but don't go on to buy it were never going to buy it in the first place. You can't change human nature. Pirates don't want to pay, they imagine they're a smooth criminal beating the system but they're just leeches. If that's you then take a hard look at the man in the mirror and feel sorry for him. You're not bad, you're not dangerous, you're scum, no better than the lowest street walker. It's that black or white.

Crytek, please just keep the faith!

Re:Obligatory....

[Metabolife]

It's a farcry from the Half-Life 2 leak.

Re:Astonishing

[Urkki]

"...is currently freely available from all sorts of astonishingly illegal websites."

So these websites aren't just illegal, they're *astonishingly* illegal! This changes damn near everything about my view of the story!

Astonishingly illegal web site will contain material that illegally violates copyright laws, with exploits that will first illegally violate your computer, and after sending spam will illegally violate other peoples inboxes, and after intercepting your web banking session will illegally violate your bank account, and after getting you your web cam and photo collection may illegally violate your privacy (which may or may not involve pictures of someone being violated, but as long as it's all legal, it's not relevant here).

Sounds pretty astonishingly illegal to me.

Better stick to just non-astonishingly illegal web sites, as they'll be mostly limited to copyright infringement.