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March 31, 2022 03:30 am
Original Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/03/30/2329218/russian-game-dev-tells-players-to-raise-the-pirate-flag-to-get-around-sanctions?utm_source=rss1.0mainl
Russian Game Dev Tells Players To 'Raise the Pirate Flag' To Get Around Sanctions
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: With Russian gamers effectively cut off from purchases on most major gaming platforms due to corporate sanctions against the country, the Russian game developer behind indie darling Loop Hero is encouraging Russian customers to pirate the game. In a Sunday post on Russian social network VK (Google translated version), Loop Hero developer Four Quarters said, "In such difficult times, we can only help everyone to raise the pirate flag (together with vpn)" to get the game. The developer then included a link to a copy of Loop Hero on a popular Russian torrent tracker to aid in that process directly. In a follow-up post the next day (Google translated version), Four Quarters insisted that "we didn't do anything special, there's nothing wrong with torrents." The company also notes that players wanting to offer the developer donations in lieu of buying the game should refrain. "The truth is that everything is fine with us, send this support to your family and friends at this difficult time," they wrote. While players outside of Russia should still be able to purchase Loop Hero on Steam, Valve said earlier this month that banking issues prevented it from sending payments to developers in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine (ironically enough). Valve recently told PC Gamer that developers in these countries will have to provide "intermediary banking information" in a foreign country to receive the payments they're due. "It's a very frustrating situation, and we hope to find the resolution soon," Valve wrote in a note to affected developers. Russia is reportedly considering legalizing software piracy to combat the sanctions imposed on the country for its invasion of Ukraine.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/03/30/2329218/russian-game-dev-tells-players-to-raise-the-pirate-flag-to-get-around-sanctions?utm_source=rss1.0mainl
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