If this past year has felt especially different when it comes to game piracy and leaks, that's because it is.
Cracks, or the breakthrough and release of video games by pirates, have been plentiful, and not even Denuvo has been able to stop modern piracy tools, including the Hypervisor method. Throw in some pre-release leaks and developers and publishers have been put on the backfoot.
The title is available to those on the dark corners of the web before paying customers.
Subnautica 2, the "underwater survival adventure" that is a sequel to the original title of the same name from Unknown Worlds Entertainment, is one such victim of these developments, but its developers have a clear message to pirates.
In a post shared on the game's Discord, a dev slammed those who would dare get the game for free, instead of paying the $29.99 that the game costs in its Early Access phase.
"It took some doing, but this guy self-reported," a dev wrote of the pre-release leak. "Thanks for pirating a game that I’ve spent years working on. I’m disappointed that you’d do that when it’s kind of how we make our living. I hope you rethink your...
