After a ton of bad press last year, G2A went on a publicity spree as they sought to clean up their image, going so far as to offer studios a hefty sum if anyone could jump through their hoops and provide proof of their game being sold on their market with an alleged stolen key. One company decided to throw their hat into the ring, leading to an investigation that proved that said shady business was happening on their site.

The site notorious for selling shady game keys at excessive discounts seems to have figured out how to steal even more money from developers.

Okay, so just to get this out the way right from the start, pirating games is a shitty thing to do. I used to laugh at those ads on old DVD’s that would equate stealing a movie to stealing a car, but as I’ve matured and become more ingrained in the culture of games and movies, pirating just sucks. People …

Welcome friends, Romans and countrymen, gather around while I tell you a story about how I got defrauded on the internet over the past week. Last week I decided it was time to jump into The Division 2 after reading this amazing review and being convinced by friends that they will continue playing after I buy the game. So I …

Metro Exodus was in the news recently for its move to the Epic Game Store as part of an exclusivity deal between Deep Silver and Epic Games, and today it was cracked just 5 days after release.

Nintendo, the family-friendly home of classic video game characters such as Mario, Donkey Kong and a team of lawyers so goshdarn powerful that they could reduce the entire roster of Super Smash Bros. Melee to ashes quicker than Thanos can snap his fingers while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet. If there’s one thing that you have to know about Nintendo, it’s that the company doesn’t take too kindly to anyone pirating their software.

The big theme in gaming news this week seems to be piracy. It's a damaging practice overall, but is it ever okay to pirate video games?

Most Switches in the world today can easily be hacked – and there’s a commercial bit of software that helps you crack the thing. Said software enables a custom firmware that lets users pirate games. The software, SX OS, hypocritically includes its own copy-protection. Users who try to meddle with the software risk bricking their switches. Now a fake, cracked version is bricking em too.