game publishers

Increasingly, game companies are using peer-to-peer powered solutions to deliver games and updates to their customers.

While the use of P2P technology could be beneficial for publishers, consumers, and the image of file-sharing in general, the use of P2P by game companies still lacks transparency, privacy and control.

A newly published best practices outline aims to change this.

In the past we’ve praised game companies who adopted P2P-based solution for the distribution of their content.

Most content producers only see the dark side of piracy but every now and then we encounter a rare exception.

Jeff Vogel, president and head programmer for Spiderweb Software, admits that piracy is not an absolute evil.

Sometimes it's actually OK to pirate his games, and he explains why.

Most of the anti-piracy efforts we report on come from groups that are connected to the movie and music business, but piracy is also rampant in the gaming industry.

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