Gameloft has been showcasing and ramping up the world for the release of the next Modern Combat installment that is slated for a July 24th push, Modern Combat 5. In a recent contest that the company hosted winners were offered a free copy of the new first-person shooter as a prize. Sadly, one of those winners cracked the game (opened it up so anyone could install it) and started distributing around the web on various torrent sites. Unsurprisingly Gameloft is not happy about the turn of events.
“As you can imagine I am really pissed off,” wrote Gameloft community manager Florian Weber.  “To anybody who got MC5 already, shame on you! We are making games for you and all you can do is pirate them?”
Gameloft has every right to be pissed off. Going on to say “Seriously, this is why we can’t have nice things.” He is right. Piracy is a factor that has played into many games shedding one time payments and switching to in-app purchases and some games never making their way to other platforms. Developers need to make money somehow.
“Anybody which is talking to me and shows in some way that he already has MC5 will get an instant ban.”
It doesn’t stop there though. Gameloft isn’t going to take this act of piracy laying down. They have beefed up their efforts and anyone with an illegitimate copy of Modern Combat 5 will be banned from playing the game. If the thought had crossed your mind to grab one of these pirated version of the game, you are better off just sitting on your hands until its official release in a few short days.
