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Addicted to cracking? Are these Rockstar Games on Steam pirated copies? Rockstar Games has recently been incredibly busy, focusing most of its energy on the development of "GTA 6" while also strictly controlling leaks related to the game online. A blogger named "InfinityBesk," who specializes in sharing information about "GTA," has been trying to spread internal documents about "GTA 6" more widely after a massive leak. However, these posts were quickly taken down by Rockstar. According to InfinityBesk's latest post on the X platform, it seems that Rockstar has separately designed a set of walking animations for the female protagonist in "GTA 6," while the male protagonist uses the walking animations of "John Marston" from "Red Dead Redemption 2." However, videos related to these leaks were taken down by Rockstar, just like InfinityBesk's previous posts. Nevertheless, InfinityBesk has stated that about half of their leak posts have not been removed, but it's only a matter of time before Rockstar takes action against them. In reality, it's not surprising that players are constantly looking for leaks and files related to "GTA 6," as Rockstar has been tight-lipped about the game, not even releasing a teaser trailer. This has left fans to gather information on their own. Rockstar's recent busy schedule indicates they are indeed working on "GTA 6." This is why they have resorted to selling older games with what can be described as a "cracked" version. A while back, a mod creator named "Silent" discovered that the Steam version of "Midnight Club 2" had the signature of the cracking group "Razor 1911." This means that Rockstar sold a "cracked" version of the game to players. Through a HEX editor, we can clearly see the "Razor 1911" signature in the game's code, indicating that Rockstar directly brought the "cracked" version of "Midnight Club 2" to Steam. The term "DRM" stands for Digital Rights Management, a technology used to protect and manage the distribution of digital media and prevent unauthorized copying and usage. DRM technology is commonly used in video games, and it triggers certain restrictions if it detects that the game has been cracked or tampered with. Rockstar has a history of adding various anti-cheat mechanisms to its games, with the most famous being the "drunk mode" in "GTA 4." If the game detects that a player is using an unauthorized version, the entire game screen starts shaking like the character is intoxicated, about three minutes after starting the game. In fact, this is not the first time Rockstar has sold cracked games on Steam. Both "Max Payne 2" and "GTA: San Andreas" had similar issues. In 2010, shortly after "Max Payne 2" was released on Steam, players quickly discovered that the game's executable contained the "Myth" cracking group's logo, indicating that Rockstar had used a cracked version of the game without removing the DRM mechanisms. In response to player complaints, Rockstar replaced the game with a "clean" version a few days after release. However, it turned out that Rockstar only changed the file names; the cracked version of the game still remained in the game's folder. Similarly, when Rockstar brought "GTA: San Andreas" to Steam, they used a cracked version with the "Razor 1911" signature. However, this time, they manually replaced the game's DRM. But the problem was that "GTA: San Andreas" had multiple layers of DRM, and removing the first layer still caused the remaining layers of DRM to activate. This resulted in all in-game doors permanently locking, picking up items crashing the game, and all input ceasing after 15 minutes, effectively rendering the game unplayable. Players who purchased the legitimate version of "GTA: San Andreas" on Steam couldn't play the game correctly, and the cracking groups couldn't find a way to solve the issue. Eventually, the "Razor 1911" team developed a patch that simulated DRM checks, allowing the game to run normally. In the end, the legitimate version of the game couldn't provide a proper gameplay experience, while the cracked version could. Although these issues were resolved with community patches, players on Steam still regard "GTA: San Andreas" as a "cracked" game. In general, game developers and publishers dislike players downloading cracked versions of their games. They implement stringent DRM mechanisms to protect the rights of legitimate game players. However, it's somewhat unusual for Rockstar to openly sell "cracked" games. This may be because the games are quite old, and it's possible that Rockstar had lost the original code and had no choice but to sell the "cracked" versions. As time goes on, more and more old game code is lost, and using "cracked" versions to recover them may be the sad reality. This situation raises an interesting question: Is an officially released cracked game considered a pirated copy? In theory, game developers have absolute copyright and authority over their games, and any version of the game released by the developer should be considered legitimate. However, on the other hand, a "cracked" version of a game involves making changes to the original, unauthorized by the official source, and should logically be considered a pirated copy. So, what do you think? Do officially released cracked games count as pirated copies or not? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!

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