Reader Reports Suggest Pirates Have it in Hand
If you are itching for next week’s release of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed on PC digital download, you apparently weren’t the only one.
TSSZ received a report earlier this morning from a reader and some corroboration from other readers and Twitter followers that the port is now circulating among some pirate software websites. A couple of our followers have also written in to claim the download has not popped up on more “reputable” file sharing sources. Things like this can be difficult to confirm.
How could such a heist be successful, given Sega’s distribution through DRM platforms like Steam? You may remember it is not the only venue by which the PC version will see a release. A boxed copy of ASR Transformed for PC is available for pre-order now from some UK and European retailers. If the leak is legitimate, it is likely a couple physical copies that were sitting in warehouses or back offices have found their way into dirty hands. It is far from the first time that has happened to a Sonic game in recent years.
TSSZ does not condone or promote piracy, so no links to the software download will be afforded here no matter what. Even then, the software floating around may be bundled with some nasty virii–so always be sure to buy the real thing, boxed or otherwise.
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That’s a shame.
piracy ftw!
I’m calling fake. People love doing this sort of thing. Lemme guess… the download link leads to a survey.
hey TSSZ news i’ve Downloaded The Game for PC (torrent)
and i installed the game and it works perfectly!
Fake,all of torrents need survey or have virus
http://www.sonicstadium.org/2013/01/rumour-sega-to-announce-new-sonic-game-next-month/#comment-163033
New sonic game for All gaming devices (WiiU, 3DS, Vita, PS360)
YAY!!!!!!!!
@Timothy
I love how you excluded PC in your little list of all gaming devices on an article that is specifically for PC…
Either way, the article you linked to seems a bit iffy, but not as iffy as some have in the past.
Also, I really hope it’s on PC like it says, there aren’t enough games on the current systems to get me to buy one.
@Timothy
I read it before, and I’ll be very disappointed if the 3DS version is watered down Dimps edition AGAIN (though now that I have a capable PC I can probably get both versions)
@TheSonicGamer
I hope you’re not serious. If you are…
…
Let me just say that pirates are the reason we get subpar games sometimes. Pirates think they get good deals, but they hurt the gaming industry in more ways than they’d imagine. It’s a very self-centered profession.
@A
Yeah it’s not the developers fault for making bad games it’s the pirates fault what a great scapegoat that bogeyman is. It’s either pirates or used games killing this industry it flips every week, it’s only a matter of time until they shift the blame on people who have no intention to play or care about certain games, they’ll start hounding grandmas for not buying the latest Call of Duty. They’ve already tried blaming Steam sales for devaluing IP despite the data saying the complete opposite.
@Timothy
Congrats on buying this completely after Sonic Propel and X-Surface, it’s things that this that make it obvious that people aren’t going to instantly dismiss the next end of the world date even after 2012 flopped they’ll embrace it with open arms
http://x-surface.tumblr.com/
I’m not surprised.
i knew it would be leaked.
it’s not a Sonic game if it doesn’t get leaked.
@SSJ
Damn, that hoax was convincing…
But if I have any reason to even give the rumor any attention it’s because it was confirmed earlier that a full Sonic game is coming this year. Perhaps not this one (seems too generic), but we will get an announcement sometime.
It really is leaked guys.. if you can pre-purchase a game on Steam, it downloads the data so you can play it right at release. The torrents are legit.
@Vultorus: “It really is leaked guys.. if you can pre-purchase a game on Steam, it downloads the data so you can play it right at release. The torrents are legit.”
Steam preorders are encrypted, and you can only decrypt them after the game is release.
I have no sympathy for anyone who gets infected by a supposed “leak” that turns out to be malware. Use common sense when dealing with this stuff. If you don’t trust the source, run it in a virtual machine first to verify what the files actually are.
Stuff like this happens very often, I’m not surprised.