Greg Wild

So it appears Fallout 3 has been pirated already. A quick glance at Piratebay will reveal that Fallout 3 has already fallen to the pirates. It seems Beth's stance on light DRM has been proven... entirely correct. Because it's the 360 version that's been leaked a day after having gone gold. Where there is something to be had for free, people will take it. I hope publishers and developers take this experience to heart. Similarly, I noticed Brothers in Arms was available on torrent networks for the 360 last week with no PC torrent in sight. Granted the PC version was delayed a week, but I think it just goes to show that piracy is not a PC only phenomenon, and should not be treated as such.

Elsewhere in Fallout land, NMA has predictably began judging Fallout 3 through videos of the pirated copy on the internet already. All I can say is, shut the hell up and stop judging it from videos and play it yourselves. At least wait for some quality journalism to cover it. Some people...