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Insomniac Is Using Internet Providers To Issue DMCA Notices

Insider Gaming writes: "It shouldn’t need to be said but don’t download and play the early build of Wolverine that’s now out in the wild.

If you do, you’re in direct violation of copyright law, and as recent posts on social media platforms have shown, you’re very easily tracked."

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XiNatsuDragnel160d ago

Too late insomniac tbh once on the internet it's there forever.

blackblades160d ago

No its not, its for the ones that downloaded the game. They are being tracked and to stop others from downloading it. Its illegal to download something that was stolen in a hack

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Vits160d ago

Yeah, good luck with that on a global jurisdiction with VPN and P2P clients.

BeHunted160d ago

It's impossible to track VPN users. Majority of those that downloaded the game uses VPN.

XiNatsuDragnel159d ago

VPN + Private trackers + P2P clients = gg no re plus it's more than one person downloading this.

blackblades159d ago (Edited 159d ago )

Y'all said its to late but yet they getting dmca and something about it being linked to there server but whatever

XiNatsuDragnel159d ago

@blackblades

It Is bro golden rule once on the internet always on the internet and if someone downloads a game that's entirely too late because it's not like windows is able to remove programs via remote methods so brother too late.

Rocketisleague159d ago

It's not too late for the ones that didn't use a vpn. Don't assume all pirates use any of these. Insomniac are in full damage control mode now

Bobertt158d ago

Only the beginners who don't use a VPN when torrenting have a chance of being tracked. All these companies do is find the torrent then have someone log the public IP address of people who join the torrent. Then they send them to ISPs and ask them to send a DMCA notice to that IP address. Also often after a certain amount of time has passed they stop caring and logging the IP addresses because it's wasting money. Most ISPs will give you 3 chances as well before they cut off your internet too so most of these people should be fine and hopefully wisen up and get a VPN.

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XiNatsuDragnel159d ago

That's pretty much the world these days especially the govt spying on our phones is criminal buddy.

Export159d ago

Not In canada , you cant share it but if its on my private IP server. Its fair gain !

Christopher160d ago

I might be a bit too late, but they still have to go through the motions otherwise they lose later stances on upholding their rights to the IP as it relates to the hacked material.

Eonjay159d ago

Had to read that a few times but I got it. Makes sense.

Christopher158d ago

Sorry, first word should have been 'it'. But, yeah, later cases could be thrown out of they don't show a history of defending their IP at all stages.

mkis007159d ago

It's not like the leaked stuff is any fun from what i saw, it's just a very early vertical slice of rudimentary gameplay... The good stuff comes later in development. I don't understand the value to anyone but Insomniac.

Amplitude159d ago (Edited 159d ago )

Honestly, as much as I hate the context of the leak and how it happened, I am absolutely interested in unreleased builds of games. I love when these things leak or are posted by developers after the game's been out for a while or if it's canceled. Its really cool to see how a game evolves over it's time in the oven and I'll surely be playing the leaked build after I beat the game.

In my perfect little make believe world, developers would have a Patreon where they'd upload in-progress builds to the public and nobody would use it to judge the quality of the later final game. It shouldn't be as big of a deal as it is

Amplitude159d ago

I mean, anybody downloading this is doing it from Tor from the darkweb and through a VPN so good luck

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Redfall's final update, which adds an Offline Mode, is available and it's 16GB in size

Arkane Austin has just released Game Update 4, the final patch for Redfall which is 16GB in size and adds an Offline Mode.

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PassNextquestion35m ago

I'm not interested in this game but i think it's great they added the offline mode for those who are.

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Cheat Provider To Pay Call Of Duty Creator Activision Nearly $15M In Damages

Cheat software provider EngineOwning will pay Call of Duty creator Activision nearly $15 million in damages and legal fees.

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Jin_Sakai3h ago

Cheat providers for competitive games should be illegal.

Rynxie4m ago(Edited 0m ago)

This is what developers and manufacturers should do. I know going after cheat devices/makers is a cat and mouse game, and cost money. However, they can get that money back by sueing these manufacturers of cheat devices. Take a page from Nintendo's playbook.

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PlayStation Has Bend Studio in “Evolving, Multi-Genre” Category for In-Development Project

While Sony hasn’t revealed what some of its first-party studios like Housemarque is cooking currently, the company has revealed what focus they’re aiming for at the very least.

senorfartcushion8h ago

If it's live service it's a "no" from me. I'll take a Days Gone sequel though...

Cacabunga8h ago

It’s confirmed Bend Studio next game is gaas… what a shame!

And why Returnal thumbnail?

Crows906h ago

That's what I was thinking....

outsider16245h ago

Well this sucks. I just completed Days Gone last week and going through new game plus...and my God..i just love this game.

Days gone 2 would have improved a lot of features over it. God damn it Sony!!!

Tacoboto4h ago

@Caca

Because the real headline in the article is:

"PlayStation Lists Housemarque in “Single-Player, Narrative-Driven Focus”; Bend Studio in “Evolving, Multi-Genre” Categories for In-Development Projects"

Kind of an odd way to have posted the article here with that title and description.

cthulhucultist8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

According to this article
https://wccftech.com/playst...

QUOTE

"In today's Business Segment Meeting 2024 for its Game & Network Services Segment, Sony confirmed the names of the seven studios focusing on single-player games with a narrative focus - Asobi, Insomniac Games, Santa Monica Studio, Sucker Punch, Naughty Dog, Firesprite and Housemarque, and the nine working on pure live service games or hybrid titles - Bungie, San Diego Studio, Firewalk, Haven and Neon Koi for pure live service games and Guerrilla Games, Polyphony, Media Molecule and Bend Studio. "

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it seems that Bend was placed in the live service game category

Psychonaut858h ago

Glad Housemarque isn’t doing live service. And Guerrilla is doing a hybrid title? Wonder what that’s gunna look like. Makes me nervous

-Foxtrot8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

Seven for single player but nine for GaaS

Come on Sony…sigh

You don’t need 9 GaaS titles. It’s over saturation and competing for players time with your own studios

cthulhucultist8h ago

@Psychonaut85
I am also curious about that one. Guerrilla is a top tier developer, and I like their single player games.

I really hope they dont ruin this

RpgSama7h ago

Bend, Media Molecule, Polyphony and Guerrilla on "Hybrid" titles? I wonder what they call Hybrid, PvP? PvE? Single player AND multiplayer? Hopefully we will know soon.

The_Hooligan7h ago

@Psychonaut85 and cthulhucultist

I think the rumors said they were working on Horizon multiplayer game.

Cacabunga6h ago

I will boycott every single one of the gaas games.. i do not want that shit. If i want to replay them in a few years there is no way because the servers will be down. Forget it, even if it’s GT and Killzone

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-Foxtrot8h ago

The funny thing is the cancelled sequel to Days Gone sounded like they were pitching this online co-op focused game which just didn’t sound appealing to me at all

I loved the first game despite its flaws but the sequel needed work yet they wanted to jump to online and co-op…that’s a massive red flag. Sort your main issues first before trying to do more complicated things.

MIDGETonSTILTS177h ago

If Helldivers 2 is anything to go by, and I think it is, then GaaS can clearly work if they aren’t designed to milk the community slowly with diminishing quality of follow up content.

Cacabunga2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Replayability zero! In a few years it is worth nothing you cant even play it.. you can boot it, thats it

S2Killinit7h ago

I’ll play anything they make that is a GOOD game. I play single player games mainly but I am not opposed to any genre as long as it is good.

shinoff21832h ago

Single player days gone sequel would be ideal.

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CrimsonWing697h ago

I’m not going to war with people who like GaaS. Lord knows everyone went apesh*t for Helldivers 2, but I will never buy a GaaS game and while PS5 is my system of choice I will not support Sony games that go in this direction.

I hate it, I don’t care how much Helldivers 2 was “GaaS done right,” and if the argument is these are the only way for the industry to make profit then all I have to say is something has gone terribly terribly wrong.

On the flip side I guess I’ll start saving more money if it’s mostly going to be GaaS games.

Crows906h ago

There's nothing inherently wrong with a multiplayer only game....but for fucks sake don't make me have to pay more. If they got those shitty mtx out then it would be fine. Release big dlcs every year or so...but instead these gaas oriented constipated individuals had to push monetization where it is easiest...online multiplayer games were the target.

CrimsonWing695h ago(Edited 5h ago)

MP only games are fine, GaaS is my issue.

You literally have to ask yourself why choose the GaaS model over a traditional game model, even if the game is MP only? There’s literally only one reason GaaS exists and the same reason it’s being chosen over traditionally made games.

MP only games are fine and in the past they existed without being GaaS. Again, my only issue is with the GaaS model and no matter how “good” it is, it still only exists to generate recurring revenue through battle passes, microtransactions, and hoping to string you along for an eventual “finished” product at some point before they shut the servers down and make it completely unplayable.

-Foxtrot6h ago

Yeah it's sad that one GaaS game comes out that isn't built as bad as the others and suddenly everyone is fine and dandy with them.

Helldivers 2 is still a GaaS game, there's no beating around the bush.

There's still a ton of people playing but from my friend circle and people at work, they've all went back to other games like Call of Duty, Rainbow Six Siege or Apex for example. The sparkle it had wore off pretty quickly.

Sony will bring all these GaaS titles out and all it will do is split the audience of their other released GaaS titles. Sooner or later they'll be competing against one another. It's insane thinking.

shinoff21832h ago

Yea I'm not with the gaas games either. Don't want any part of that stuff. The way people went for helldivers 2 I didn't understand myself but that's probably cause I'm strictly single player.

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jznrpg6h ago

Bend has said they are making a multiplayer game for a while now. What that entails we have no idea yet

Demetrius6h ago

Online only title already been confirmed, sad to say but I'm not keeping in tune with this, idk why most devs hype up live service games after seeing the amount of failures past online titles caused for others smh DOA

ZwVw5h ago

Stop hosing Bend around and have them make a new Syphon Filter (or Days Gone 2) entry already.

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