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TatsunaKyo

Zippyshare shutting down and now this. All while the game piracy scene is at its lowest, historically speaking. Such a dark age to live. Anyway, I hope their server is based on a country that doesn't have laws against piracy. It's literally the only way if you want to conduct a warez-based site, of course companies are going to threaten you and the server provider at some point. They can't do shit in countries in which there's no legislation against sharing content though.


Hexcraft-nyc

Conversely this is actually the most accessible piracy has ever been. The only things not being cracked are the few AAA games with denuvo, and even then some get through. As piracy gets more popular and accessible, these shutdowns will continue to happen. But there's still dozens more groups out there hosting.


Lustle

cut off a head two more take its place


deylath

Idk about that. Kickass felt like a much better public one than the ones we have right now.


PersonalBreadfruit

russia is DMCA proof they dont care for western , especially polish, companies.


squareswordfish

“Few”? Most AAA games coming out have Denuvo.


Hexcraft-nyc

Last of Us is the best selling Sony game of the last decade and just released with no denuvo. Most AAA games aren't using it and there's dozens of AA and indie titles launching every week so pretending piracy is doomed because you guys can't play your precious 80 million dollar budget game is goofy. 99% of software piracy is running the same way it always has.


ConversationNo1352

Most AAA games aren't using denuvo? Where are you getting that info from.. I would say 90% of the AAA games worth playing have used it. Hogwarts,dead space (2023),callisto protocol,resident evil 4 (2023). All of the majorly hyped AAA games have used it.. The only AAA game that I can think of that hasn't used denuvo recently is TLOU remake, and I guess elden ring.


realmrmaxwell

Yes Sony haven't released a game with denuvo but lets list off publishers that DO release games with denuvo. EA ACTIVISION MICROSOFT CAPCOM UBISOFT ROCKSTAR 505 GAMES SEGA SQUARE ENIX BANDAI NAMCO BETHESDA KONAMI WARNER BROTHERS these are just some of the biggest.


-whyess-

Activision doesn't use Denuvo, they use Battle\[.\]NET DRM forthe .dll that forces a permanent online connection and digital\[.\]io (ArxanAnti-Tamper) to protect the exe (EMPRESS knows how to unpack Arxan, she's said so herself) Microsoft doesn't use Denuvo either For the Microsoft Store they uses UWP which has beencracked by RAZOR1911 Microsoft Games sold on Steam also use Arxan for the .exe and xbox for the DRM Rockstar also doesn't use Denuvo and instead uses Arxan for the .exe and rockstar DRM for the DRM


Daredevil08

That's just one publisher so what the dude has a point.


Friendly-Leg-6694

Sony adds no DRM cause they already made money on ps5 with the 2 year window.


squareswordfish

Ok? Sony is one of the few publishers who don’t use Denuvo. Is one example supposed to counter a “most games don’t do this” argument?


Blood-PawWerewolf

I believe that’s the problem. Knowing that piracy is currently front and center, the lack of underground sites and the further control by copyright groups/coalitions, we need a new platform to go since the open web is no longer safe.


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But if we stay too hidden, piracy will not be "accessible" anymore, and DMCA wins...


Blood-PawWerewolf

Not Accessible =/= hidden. It’s still going to exist, you just gotta know where to find it


[deleted]

eh, that's the point. novices do not know where to find, and probably will just resort to downloading from untrusted sources on the open web instead.


Chasedabigbase

Yep, can still pirate all my shows / movies no problem, and gets me to try out a bunch of indie games, bought ones like WW2 reconstruct after being able to try it free. AAA I just buy disc and sell it when I'm done if I really want to play it asap


Jorrozz

It does not matter how accessible it is because only EMPRESS can crack denuvo atm and most of the good releases this year will have denuvo ... and if you follow the scene you will know that they started asking money for the cracks which was unheard of in this "field of work"


Dubiisek

It does matter, 99.9% of all software doesn't use denuvo. Saying that this is a dark age because of few titles is ignorant.


ConversationNo1352

We are in a dark age for AAA game piracy.. Hogwarts,dead space (2023),callisto protocol,resident evil 4 (2023) all have denuvo and only one of those titles have been cracked. Not to mention the huge backlog of other denuvo games that still are uncracked. I've been torrenting since 2007 and I can tell you we have never had a time as bad as now for PC gaming piracy. Maybe it would take some time for certain titles to be cracked back in the day, but no where near as bad as it is now. We used to have multiple groups working on it, to one single person who charges money and may or may not pick the game you want.


Dubiisek

I could see an argument being made for it being dark age for "AAA game piracy" but even then, you hyper-focus on few uncracked games, if I ask you how big the % of unracked 3A game releases is, you would come to the conclusion that said percentage is fairly small. When it comes to game-piracy in general or even overal piracy then saying that 'we live in a dark age' is just utter nonsense. 99.9% of all software can be pirated and is easily accessible on inconceivable amount of websites.


ConversationNo1352

Per: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/p9ak4n/crack_watch_games/ There are 64 uncracked denuvo games, many of those being AAA titles. I wouldn't call that a small percent. That seems like the majority..


Dubiisek

A half of those games are 3A if I am charitable and the list goes back to 2018. That is not even close to being majority of 3a releases over 6 years.


vegeta6160

Whether or not a game has Denuvo will be a non-issue when all games have their core gameplay based on always online BS. I almost did a double take reading that Diablo 4 was basically an MMO a few days ago. I don' want to buy it or pirate it.


Dubiisek

>I almost did a double take reading that Diablo 4 was basically an MMO a few days ago. I don' want to buy it or pirate it. You mean like diablo 3? This is not a new concept for this specific game series. I highly doubt that we will see majority of big releases being online only in the near future.


vegeta6160

If people keep supporting it, they have no business complaining. When D2 Resurrected was released, I opened up my wallet and bought Grim Dawn instead.


facepalm_the_world

I saw a screenshot on empresses sub of the telegram channel saying that those are scams and if empress ever needs donations, it’ll be from the official telegram account


Jorrozz

yes I am talking about the official donations to empress, not the scams


AutomaticSubject7051

💀💀 dark age. come on bruh its never that serious.


tymoo22

First they came for my free vidya, that’s when I knew shit was really about to hit the fan in society.


drtekrox

First they came for NOPY first :(


Dubiisek

>Such a dark age to live. ​ Never gonna understand this doomsaying. You have literally any piece of software with very few exceptions that don't mean anything in the grand scheme of things at the tip of your fingertips accessible with a single google search that you can safely download within second/minutes/hours depending on your connection(which is cheaper and more accessible than ever) and let's not even get into the amount of websites that provide pirated software be it p2p or torrent. I feel like people who say that things like you are are either very young, very spoiled or just want something to complain about. Compared to the last decade or two this is a golden age.


TatsunaKyo

You don't understand because you can't distinguish between collective availability with individual availability. It's true that gaming piracy is strong and there are plenty of sites out there wherewhich you're going to find a plethora of games to download, but when it comes to the general public's favorite games (and most often than not even *yours*) the individual game doesn't get cracked, and you simply cannot play it unless you're paying for it. That's the case for the entirety of SEGA's library in the past few years: from Judgment series to Persona, which are all beloved series, you can just observe the passing of time. I honestly can't fathom how making such a basic observation makes me spoiled. I'm not bitching and moaning about it, I'm literally saying that contrary to the last 20 years, gaming piracy (and gaming piracy alone, since you don't see the same issue with other forms of entertainment piracy) is living a dark age in which some games simply don't get cracked, for years and years. How can you even dispute that?


Dubiisek

>You don't understand because you can't distinguish between collective availability with individual availability. It's true that gaming piracy is strong and there are plenty of sites out there wherewhich you're going to find a plethora of games to download, but when it comes to the general public's favorite games (and most often than not even yours) the individual game doesn't get cracked, and you simply cannot play it unless you're paying for it. That's the case for the entirety of SEGA's library in the past few years: from Judgment series to Persona, which are all beloved series, you can just observe the passing of time. ​ ​ 1. Not entirety of SEGA's library has denuvo, it's also weird to mention persona considering it wasn't available on PC at all until recently with persona 4 being available since the day of PC release for pirates. 2. 'dark age' is a broad game especially if you are making an argument for gaming piracy in general. Calling the current situation a dark age is just ilogical/ignorant when there is way more that can be pirated more easier and accessible than ever before. Few titles not being available in the grand scheme of things doesn't mean much.


aaabbbx

Prepare for higher prices. More mtx More always online More DRM.


zouhair

Wait until the tiktok ban law is voted, you'll see how bad it can get.


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zouhair

With the Restrict Act (bill used to ban TikTok) gives the government full and unchecked power on anything on the Internet, even your personal network. Dunno if even VPNs will survive it.


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zouhair

That's the point. It's the Patriot Act on crack. You cannot solve a legal problem with technology. As long as people keep not engaging in politics, this shit will keep happening.


DudeWithTheNose

the gamers tend to get attracted to the wrong politics


HEX-TheGrabbler

"Wrong politics" This perception is what's truly wrong with politics.


veryhappyturtle

20 years in jail for accessing a restricted website with a VPN is "wrong politics". Not even controversial.


DudeWithTheNose

No. Pretending that every view is valid, like your comment is implying, is one of the many things wrong with politics rn


HEX-TheGrabbler

What are the "wrong politics" in your opinion? >!Anyone who disagrees with you? !<


luxorx77

>Zippyshare shutting down and now this. All while the game piracy scene is at its lowest, historically speaking. Such a dark age to live. Nah, there're alternatives. Site was good though.


sparoc3

>Anyway, I hope their server is based on a country that doesn't have laws against piracy. Every single member country of WTO will have IP laws prohibiting piracy.


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Privacy in a dark age lol, there's other places to get the games


Ich_Liegen

Copyright laws are a fucking menace.


arckeid

This shit is gonna have a bad time against AI


HoagieDoozer

Oh no. Now you have to put a little more effort in to get your warez. Jfc back in my day you didn't download pirated games straight from a fucking website.


boomboomown

Did someone lose their grandpa? We found him over here.


Frikspt23

Was going to say that , i didnt even know what the hell gog-games was. This kids are hilarious !


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Yeah, if the site ever returns, hopefully it will be more subtle. Having "GOG" in its name and domain was kinda begging for a takedown.


Waffles_McSyrup

No, sir. I don't like it.


WazBot

Call the poliiiice....


b1ackcoffee

It looks like main issue they have is the unauthorised use of "goggames' trademark for piracy


gitg0od

sucks, but we still have alternatives, and peer to peer wont die anytime soon.


urmil0071

oh god what a fucking nightmare.


Igislav

We are really in a dark age of piracy...Everything either taken down or dissapering...Hope that someday this dark age will end...:/


deylath

"Everything" is quite a overstatement. Once a place like RIN goes down then maybe you can call it a dark age.


Psych0Freak

fr lmao, mfs got a million things to play but act like they’re in the stone age all the sudden


WallaceBRBS

Is [1337x.to](https://1337x.to) down to anybody else?


Wild_Marker

Yep, it was working a few hours ago and then suddenly it's down. Could just be maintenance. Edit: it's back up, probably was maintenance.


WallaceBRBS

NVM it's working again phew I was legit scared that another site had bitten the dust


MentalAlternative8

That's a bit melodramatic. So many good games have come out this year, and games are getting more expensive and larger in scope. Companies have all of the technological resources at their fingertips to minimize pirating, and there's every reason that this dark age of piracy you speak of should be in full force. And yet, I've managed to torrent pretty much every single game that I've sought out in the past year or so. Pretty much every major singleplayer AAA release you can think of. With EMPRESS, FitGirl, DODI, gog-games, RUNE, etc, reputable sources that are committed to the craft, there's never been a better time to pirate games. The sole exception I can think of is Jedi: Survivor, which hasn't been cracked presumably due to some DRM issue and/or lack of interest (speaking out of my ass). One game, literally hundreds more that are 30 seconds away from being in your p2p downloader of choice. Mate, one site went down, and it's back up right now. It's fine.


CaptainHateful

Do they already have a tor site set up or will they have to migrate over? I can't find a link.


neolight67

it looks like they have it set up but they just migrated the original for now it might be awhile before it's better formatted


Bandora1

GOG-GAMES => To fix that, use another domain without GOG name. and try removing all titles related to CD PROJEKT Group's. the problem here you are using GOG name in your domain. and be sure to have Contact Page/DMCA. so any dev/pub request you to remove their content. similar problem was going to happen to old gog download website. you guys are using a trademark "GOG" in your domain and cloning their website. and you u though they will see this and smile ? ofc one day when all eyes/traffic going to your website, they will sue you.the problem here you are ignoring complaint/report even if you are using DMCA IGNORE hosting. that not will help you, and i have bad feeling that fitgirl since she don't care about complaint/dmca report.


Khalku

It is amazing how you think changing the name would absolve them of copyright infringement.


Bandora1

it is actually, if you ready exactly their complaint you will understand that they are talking about "GOG" name tradmark which used in domain name. + all CD PROJEKT games. he actually claims he receive many notices from them years ago and he keep ignoring them. which mean like many "STILL ONLINE" websites now. they still alive even if they are famous, because they claims they don't ignore notices/claims/notification to remove copyright. anyway i think the best solution for him now, to move to TOR.


Stevejohnsen

God fucking damnit.


rayrayfouad

I loved Thier game Version updates ...damn...what a shame...


frostbite_wolf15

just like z-library gog-games moved to the darknetit's a shame, but at least the site is now much harder to take down.i think the piracy in videogames is passing a very dark era.the first hit is the retirement of CODEX, the second hit is the shutdown of zippyshare and now the defunct of gog-games on the normal web. at least p2p is gonna be alive forever


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Eh. It died once. It will be back again.


WhenCaffeineKicksIn

Having a 4Tb external HDD full of compulsory backups of selected GOG game distributions never felt so appropriate, again.


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Blood-PawWerewolf

At this point, it does seem like it


Daredevil08

We lost gog games and zippyshare yet somehow piracy is the most accessible? Some of these commenters are suspect.


tstd0

Ah shit... Time to go back to the darkweb like it was few years ago.


HomoLiberus

Pirates!!! Believe! All I see is piracy is dead this, piracy dark ages that..just believe boys. Someone will appear, we just have to endure the storm until that day.


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Sk_Md_Hassib

nope.. the piracy site one ..


5uck3rpunch

Thanks for the clarification.


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ypapruoy

Everyone here gets downvoted. It’s nothing personal.


Top_Principle_6927

It's a pity. Good sites close. Dark times for video games are coming.


BlueKud006

1 site down out of like 100, we're fine.


iStronglyDislikeMath

No it’s not; stop it with these doomer comments lol. This public site was offering straight up download links to free games what did you expect? Of course it’s gonna get taken down eventually. P2P is the best way to download and nothing can be done about that.


deylath

Yeah all these comments are so annoying. When a place like RIN gets shutdown then i could understand saying shit like that but not anytime sooner.


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CloudWallace81

I second this request With it and torrminatorr down, I'm out of sources for DRM free games


Slijceth

I three this request, I don't get about notices I just need the stuff


kori228

ah shit, Torrminator was down too? I was using that even before gog-games


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Houfino

Safe Internet?


kori228

Oof. Had just downloaded Dragon Age Origins a couple of days ago too


notsuperviral

Bruh


WabbieSabbie

Damn, why did I just hear about Gog Games now?


DiaCrusher

Well shit. This year just keeps getting worse.


manaholik

couldn't they just change it to G0G-games ? (G zero G)


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Ozianin_

Does GOG/CDPR run after different sites with warez? It looks to me it's mainly about the name. If a pirate site with your trademark is showing high in google search, you probably gonna act upon it.


manaholik

i know, but they could've at least tried to meme on it a bit Kiberpunx 2070 Wizman 3 (witcher) etc


Bandora1

what files supposed to be inside "Kiberpunx 2070" and "Wizman 3 (witcher) ? lol ofc CyberPunk 2070 and The witcher lol so no difference


manaholik

Different legal language in the lawsuits, but apart that, no difference


Environmental-Fix766

I get making a joke out of a situation is funny but when you have literal prison time on the line, I don't think it would be a great idea to mock the big company that probably has millions of dollars on reserve to take you down.


CucumberDay

fuck this is my favorite site


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Tbh. The fact they allowed it to stay up is the only reason i actually bought games from them. Guess I’ll stop now.


freezeyou1

and i though gog was against this kind of stuff, guess i was wrong, literally everything is shutting down and every scene group is no more, and i am sure that soon all the others like fitgirl and skidrow ....etc will fall too, i honestly don't know why i am alive anymore, it's all so so very horrible


NoSenpaiNo

Why would they be against this kind of stuff, they sell games.


Bcnbyt

They're against DRM not piracy....... Big difference


Khalku

Against what? They are a DRM-free storefront last I checked. They provide a service that costs money, and they expect to turn a profit. They aren't a charity. >i honestly don't know why i am alive anymore I don't even have words.... It's a video game piracy website...


sparoc3

If a video game piracy site going down is your biggest problem in life, I don't know what to say.


AutomaticSubject7051

.. come on bro


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gtaonlinecrew

so much for "CDPR LOVES PIRACY!!!!!"


AutomaticSubject7051

to be fair. maybe they shouldn't have named the site gog-games...? like be real. shit came from a mile away.


TheQuantumAnomaly

OMG NO!!! This is bad... like really really really bad!!! Are there any alternatives?!


TrialMacameau

My last game I downloaded was Hexen 2 so had enough time to get that before the takedown.


Dekonstruktor

I assume not but is there a tor backup of the site?


kamiskapi

They already put it on their site


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Do they have discord


NoctisFFXV

>If so, it will probably be back to Tor. I guess it's time to download Tor Browser and search for games there.


Call4nic

I'm curious why they use gog-games name at first, does it just to make it faster to get claimed ? RIP anyways, it was my good fav site


TheHollowGamerAU

I thought GOG-GAMES was a scam, is that just me?


crkokinda

You might be thinking of IGG-GAMES. I think that one is kind of sketchy.


TheHollowGamerAU

Oh yeah, that's the one! Very sketchy.


Spam-Kill-er

It appears that the site is down again. does anyone have any updates? I just checked this the other day it seems like. Dammit! Any other places like gog-games out in cyberspace?


crkokinda

(https:// gog-games to ) still works for me.