CryTek actually committed piracy themselves once upon a time : Crysis

» Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:57 pm

It's OLD 2004 news, but:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/farcry/news_6087423.html

Not sure why I'd never heard of this before today, apparently when Far Cry was being made, CryTek's developers were using PIRATED versions of Maya and 3DS Max to work on Far Cry, which would go on to make many millions in sales. Their office got raided by the police after an anonymous tip, and they arrested a few people, as well as seized many illegal copies of the software in question. Far Cry was still released on schedule.

Then they have the audacity to complain about their games getting pirated.

» Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:38 am

Ha Ha Ha...

» Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:18 am

Everyone pirates Maya, it's like ￡1.2k lol..

» Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:38 am

Arrgh, there be expensive software in those waters ready for plunder.

Yeah, I remember when this happened. I seem to recall Crytek was able to fix the situation.

» Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:56 am

An ex-employee claimed that the software was pirated, but it was just lies IIRC

» Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:31 pm

Germans don't pirate.

» Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:30 pm

Germans don't pirate.

You're right, they just invade neighboring countries...

» Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:55 am

Germans don't pirate.
/Facepalm