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Square Enix Halts Piracy On DS ; Makes FFCC Unplayable If Pirated

Mere hours after Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates hit store shelves today, pirated copies of the game appeared in the shady corners of the internet, posted for all the picaroons out there to download and transfer to their flashcarts.

Twenty minutes or so into the ARPG, however, many of those pirates found themselves greeted with this "Thank you for playing!!" screen and unable to progress. Players have the option of restarting the game from the last save point and playing on, but the screen reappears at random intervals. Clever!

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decapitator5894d ago

Man. This is excellent news. Am happy to see developers stepping up again piracy. I hope something like this can be implemented for the PSP as well.

socomnick5894d ago

:/ it will be cracked withing the week.

decapitator5894d ago

Unfortunately you are right. But I think if developers push really hard something more advanced could be implemented in games making it harder to be pirated.

titntin5894d ago

Software will always be hacked, and I'm afraid a hacked version of this title willo be out in a day or two at most.
If you want to stop it, it has to be hardware manufacturer that puts the effort in. Sony has done a good job on PS3 - still the only console not hacked for piracy despite the attempts of the webs best. Given the disaster of how the psp got hacked, its no suprise they raised their game for its bigger sibbling.

All you can do in code is make it harder, you'll never code a fail safe system, as code can be rewritten and engineered.

TheForgotten0ne5894d ago

Haha, just brilliant!

We all know they will get it to work soon enough. But damn, thats just funny. Great work SE!

InYourMom5894d ago

http://www.n4g.com/NewsPend...

Different source but it's basically the same story.

GETPWNZORED5894d ago

uhhh, and just how the hell would the game have any clue it was loaded from an M3/R4 in the first place?

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Top 10: Worst Final Fantasy Games

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "The Final Fantasy series is one of gaming’s most revered franchises with many of its games finding themselves near the top of ‘best games of all time’ lists and simply uttering the words ‘Final Fantasy’ usually evokes images of epic quests and world class polish. But not all of the games to bear the name have been worthy of praise. Some, in fact are terrible, unplayable, ugly and obnoxious games that make you wonder how Square Enix ever approved them. So for this week’s Top 10 we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel and counting down the Top 10 Worst Final Fantasy Games."

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DedicatedDark2544d ago (Edited 2544d ago )

Addition of FFXIII Lightning Returns and Crystal Bearers make your list redundant.

Though I appreciate the lack of FFX-2.

And I agree with the rest.

DedicatedDark2544d ago

Wait on further thought, the inclusion FFVIII would be nice. Terrible writing, terrible story, terrible gameplay and terrible translation. And therefore a terrible game.

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Derceto2544d ago

Any Final Fantasy made my SquareEnix. Quick and easy.

SinkingSage2544d ago (Edited 2544d ago )

Since when is After Years or Lightning Returns bad?
This article is garbage, the absolute worst FF, Final Fantasy XIII is nowhere to be seen.

Also, why include a game that doesn't even exist anymore? FFXIV 1.0 is long gone...

overrated442543d ago

Lightning avatar and mad about Lightning Returns being on the list!? https://www.youtube.com/wat...

SinkingSage2542d ago

Heh, yeah, how is LR on the list but not XIII? XIII is pretty bad.

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Multitap | The impractical world of 4-player portables

Graham Russell: "Generally, when you’re looking to play a game with friends, it’s much easier to do it on a home console. With portables, each player usually needs a system, and most need a copy of the game (and maybe some funky cables, if you go back enough). Generally, people haven’t bothered to take advantage of the technology. Of course, if you’re a crazy person like me, that’s more of an incentive than a barrier."

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6 Unannounced Third-Party 3DS Games I Want in 2012

We recently featured an article about five unannounced 3DS games that we would like to see Nintendo reveal in 2012. Following up on that idea, here are six games that would fit well on the 3DS in 2012, each coming from a third-party developer that has already pledged support for the handheld. Let the speculation begin on GameRabies!

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Venoxn4g4525d ago

I would like something from Platinum games...maybe God Hand 2 3D or just God hand 3D :)

then new No more heroes 3DS

new Sin & Punishment 3DS

new Madworld 3DS

new Silent Hill 3DS

Kororinpa 3DS & Bomberman 3DS & Omega 5 (damn you Konami, for now)..