Pirated copies mobile shooter Modern Combat 5: Blackout began to appear on torrent sites over the weekend thanks to a copy of the game given to a Gameloft contest winner.
“As you can imagine I am really pissed off,” Gameloft Community Manager Florian Weber said in a message on a Modern Combat Facebook group page. “To anybody who got MC5 already, shame on you! We are making games for you and all you can do is pirate them? Anybody which is talking to me and shows in some way that he already has MC5 will get an instant ban.”
Gameloft advised in a second statement that it’s activated anti-piracy measures in the game. “Illegitimate users on a non-official version have been incapacitated,” Gameloft added.
Modern Combat 5 is available legitimately from 24 July on iOS, Android and Windows 8. We’ve got a proper copy, so expect a review soon.
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