Eidos, developers of recently released Batman: Arkham Asylum, appear to have laid a trap for gaming pirates within the game’s structure.
According to one user on the Gamer Limit forum, the vital glide function is disabled when a player is not running a legitimate version of the game:
“I’ve got a problem when it’s time to use Batman’s glide in the game. When I hold , like it’s said to jump from one platform to another, Batman tries to open his wings again and again instead of gliding. So he fels down in a poisoning gas. If somebody could tell me, what should I do there.” said the forum user.
Shortly thereafter an Eidos representative responded to the query.
“The problem you have encountered is a hook in the copy protection, to catch out people who try and download cracked versions of the game for free. It’s not a bug in the game’s code; it’s a bug in your moral code.”
Arkham Asylum was released to Xbox 360 and PS3 in late August and has since gathered favourable reviews. It will be released on PC in mid September.
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