![]() Alan WakeRemedy's anti-piracy solution in Alan Wake isn't quite as aggressive as the others on this list, but it's still a good bit of fun. Bonus points for any gamer that can get Niko drunk in game with this screen wobble on and still complete a mission. ![]() If a pirated copy is detected, the in-game camera wobbles around wildly after a few minutes of play. Grand Theft Auto 4Rockstar is yet another developer to implement a simple-but-effective method of punishing pirates attempting to play Grand Theft Auto IV without paying. Besides making it much harder for pirates to be The Bat,it also makes the game unwinnable - gliding is required to progress in multiple sections of the game. Clever! Batman Arkham AsylumIf Rocksteady's Batman Arkham Asylum detects a pirated copy, Batman's cape will refuse to open, preventing players from gliding. If Mirror's Edge from EA detects you're playing with a pirated copy, it automatically slows you down before you reach key jumps that require lots of speed. Devious! Mirror's EdgeUbisoft isn't the only major publisher capable of clever and devious anti-piracy measures. The player also starts to take more and more damage. But as pirates keep playing their weapons become less and less accurate, and less powerful. The developers of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis start pirates off with normal weapons. Operation FlashpointSometimes the simplest anti-piracy methods are the most effective. When the game ROM detects that it's been pirated, it plays vuvuzela noises over all the music tracks. The team at Ubisoft working on Michael Jackon The Experience DS, determined not to let pirates get the best of them, had found their inspiration. It was also the year South Africa hosted the World Cup, forcing millions of Westerners to hit up Google to discover just what in the heck a Vuvuzela was. Fantastic games like Mass Effect 2, StarCraft II and plenty more all hit store shelves. Let's take a look at some of the most amusing examples: Michael Jackson The Experience DSAh, 2010. In fact the practice has a long and storied history, almost as old as the games industry itself. ![]() Oh, the irony! Game Dev Tycoon isn't the first game to stick the proverbial thumb in the eye of game pirates, though. ![]() ![]() This has led to incredible situations like real-world video game pirates complaining about the game's virtual pirates on the game's official forums. ![]()
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