Torrent season is back in full force. After Halo 4 was leaked to filesharing websites ahead of its release, it looks like Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops II has suffered the same fate.
The blockbuster shooter is not due for release until next Tuesday, but according to claims reported on CVG it appears that some European retailers had broken the street date and sold copies early. Which may or may not have something to do with the game's prominence on torrent sites today.
Users accounts seem to point that the console torrents are legitimate, with user videos popping up all over the internet as eager gamers scramble to show off their tenacious use of BitTorrent and Vuze. Activision has, naturally, declined to comment but it seems that Treyarch game design director David Vonderhaar has a few words to say.
"I'm really glad people are excited for the game," he wrote on Twitter. "Legit streams coming up later this week and early next. Watch this space... If you are going to live-stream the game early, which I don't remotely recommend, you could at least be good at it. :P"
Ouch. Buuuurn. Take that, early adopters. David thinks you suck!
The blockbuster shooter is not due for release until next Tuesday, but according to claims reported on CVG it appears that some European retailers had broken the street date and sold copies early. Which may or may not have something to do with the game's prominence on torrent sites today.
Users accounts seem to point that the console torrents are legitimate, with user videos popping up all over the internet as eager gamers scramble to show off their tenacious use of BitTorrent and Vuze. Activision has, naturally, declined to comment but it seems that Treyarch game design director David Vonderhaar has a few words to say.
"I'm really glad people are excited for the game," he wrote on Twitter. "Legit streams coming up later this week and early next. Watch this space... If you are going to live-stream the game early, which I don't remotely recommend, you could at least be good at it. :P"
Ouch. Buuuurn. Take that, early adopters. David thinks you suck!
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