Cricket 22 Fights Pirates with White Screens and Endless Rain

Ross Symons, Big Ant Studios CEO, revealed how Cricket 22 fights piracy. The measures include white screens, endless rain, turning off the controller, and other creative actions.

Symons said the 'bugs' really helped: Steam sales went up 300%. He added that this is not all the team has in store, so you'd better buy the game if you don't want to see how else the piracy protection can do. On the positive side, if you 'repent', you can continue your progress in the legal version.

Possibly, the number of illegally downloaded copies is connected to the prices in some regions: there are plenty of Cricket fans saying they're way too steep. So far, Symons isn't planning to reduce them, saying it didn't help in the past. The game also won't appear in the Steam Summer Sale.

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