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Gears of War 2 leaked, all over BitTorrent, Usenet
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by Nicholas Deleon on October 20, 2008

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Wow, Gears of War 2 has now leaked and can be found all over the place. I just checked Usenet, and it’s there waiting for you. It’s also on private and public torrent sites if you feel like risking a hefty fine (maybe).

The game is scheduled to come out three weeks from now on November 7.

It can’t be too long before Epic and/or Microsoft make a comment about its leak.

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  • Wow that image looks amazing. I can’t imagine this game being better than the original because it was just that good! But I am sure I will be once again WOWED!! I still play the first game and it is still a blast.

    • Trust me it is sweet and believe me I played it. I have a friend who said he had it and I didnt believe him, then he brought his 360 over to my place(modified) and there it was!!! It’s WAY better than the first. Better weapons, awesome stages, and the AI is the most intelligent I have ever seen. Oh yea and MORE LOCUSTS and i mean ALOT like wave after wave. There’s a mode called “Horde Mode”, where you just have to keep getting rid of them, and they come faster than you can reload. And the multiplayer is SWEET awesome stages and wide open areas. This piracy stuff i have to admit is not cool. But who cares cuz GEARS OF WAR II IS AWESOME!!AAAAAHHHH!!! I’m still gonna buy it though, I think everyone should. They made a great game, so why not reward them for it? If someone stole something we created that was so cool, wouldn’t we be pissed?

  • Reporting that there was a leak and the game is out on the net is one thing, but making sure that people know it’s on Usenet and private and public torrent sites isn’t cool. Piracy really does hurt game developers. Encouraging it – even tacitly – is really uncool.

  • This is actually depressing, All I do is play GoW. I know this is stupid but I consider that my Game. I have never played another game as much as I play that. I just really was excited for the midnight sale ( of which this will be the first I’ve been to) where the whole world feels the excitement of seeing this for the first time with me.

    I hope this guy gets caught and anal intruded with a limited edition copy.

    • HA HA, I´VE ALREADY FINISHED THE CAMPAIGN IN HARDCORE AND HAVE STARTED IT IN INSANE MODE. HAVE FUN WAITING IN LINE @ MIDNIGHT. I FELT RIPPED OFF HAVING PAYED $60 FOR GoW. OK CAMPAIGN BUT AWFUL ONLINE PLAY, PURE CRAP ACTUALLY, SO NOW EPIC AND I ARE EVEN.

  • I.R.O.N.Y
    read
    http://kotaku.com/5056532/why-no-gears-of-war-2-for-pc-well-piracy-for-one

    “The person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who is savvy enough to know [BitTorrent] all the elements so they can pirate software,” says Bleszinski

    the chance of him getting caught is under 0.00001%..

    Piracy scenario:
    Bob:Hey look a game was leaked before release and its FREE! Omg this is awesome… Wait that’s breaking the law.
    Joe: Who cares you have such a slim chance of being CAUGHT. The only way is to post all your info on the net stupidly
    Bob: awesome! Wait, this is immoral
    Joe: That’s the front of your head, listen to the back side(Actually true and honest ideal; though usually known to activate when you’re on the internet). Take advantage of the situation, ignore compassion and morals… It weakens you. It’s the Internet hell ya!
    Bob: awesome
    “humans are naturally evil” – Hobbes

    Piracy is awesome, but sucks at the same time. Hopefully people actually buy it.
    Hopefully something happens were piracy goes back into the “scene”… I really would have better games than pirated crappy ones.
    Hopefully devs and publishers will agree on put their games on something like steam(which is harder to crack).

  • Thought the game was not for PC this time around …!~

  • Yeah, you have to give it up to those Usenet Groups.. some of them are more organized than small software companies it’s amazing.

    I also think some companies intentionally leak their releases just to increase the hype.. kind of like Michael Moore and his movies.

  • Oh? So you’re saying it’s impossible to regulate the internet? Because technology doesn’t improve, because ISPs are not operated on a global level, because companies like Comcast are too dumb to crack down on b.s. like this?

    Right.

    Maybe it’s more like they don’t have the correct legislation to do so. Yet.

    Keep running your mouth though. Looks like you’re the one that has no idea what they’re talking about.

    And it’s not as if I can’t download a torrent.

    I was simply implying that you need to be a lonely, twisted, sad, little nerd to download (i.e. steal) and feel entitled to other people’s intellectual property.

    Get a job.

  • Sorry but what the fuck?

    “My hacked 360 cannot be found” No it can’t with the stealth firmware.

    But going online and MS finding your gamertag and seeing Gears of Fucking 2 on your game list before release?

    Give me a fucking break… Your fucked if you’ve been on live with Gears 2 so good luck not being able to access XBL.

    Sand niggers.

  • I go online and i look for leaked Gears 2 online play because it’s a few days from release and i stumble upon this… all of this talk about people having no lives and piracy is bad and good at the same time etc, etc… if you don’t like piracy and such why do you search it up? It’s easy to ignore ignorant, pirating people like such above. Don’t reply. Click the back button and ignore them, because they WILL get caught and they WILL get punished for doing so. Leave them to what you call a “sad” life, let them lose xbox live and have their e-mails begging for their xbox live back be posted all over the internet. Now. Click the back button and forget all this.

  • lol I love naive noobs like you Peter. lol

  • Um… Correction, Hacked xbox 360s are undetectable, GF noob..

  • And it’s NON-noobs like yourself who are going to eventually ruin the internet for us “noobs” (see: people with active sex-lives, jobs, and real world friends) when it’s finally regulated by gigantic telecom companies.

    Go jerk off to your hacked XBOX. Maybe the nerds should all get jobs so they can pay for video games instead of stealing them like they’re entitled to it simply because they have a cable modem.

    Sickening.

  • “ruin the internet”….. “regulated by gigantic telecom companies” I’m glad you left such a lengthy post so everyone could see how stupid you really are. You cant regulate the internet, ITS GLOBAL. It’s like saying Im going to buy all the computers in the world. Just wont happen. Ever.

    “And it’s NON-noobs like yourself who are going to eventually ruin the internet for us “noobs” (see: people with active sex-lives, jobs, and real world friends)”

    Soo your saying that someone that can read and follow 15 min. worth of directions, and owns a 360 dosent have a sex life? I bet is harder to get laid when your date finds out you cant follow the instructions on the back of a jello box.

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