Game developers are recommending pirated downloads of their products in Russia, where game purchases are difficult



As a sanction for Russia, which continues to invade Ukraine, Visa, Mastercard, and JCB have suspended payment processing in Russia, making it difficult to download and purchase games in Russia. Under such circumstances, Russian game development company Four Quarters, which develops games such as '

Loop Hero ', recommends pirated play of in-house games to users.

Russian game dev tells players to “raise the pirate flag” to get around sanctions | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/loop-hero-dev-encourages-piracy-to-get-around-russian-sanctions/

The game 'Loop Hero', whose pirated download is recommended by the development company, is a game that combines elements such as automatic battle, hack and slash, and roguelike, and at the time of article creation, there are PC version and Nintendo Switch version. The following review article explains in detail what kind of game 'Loop Hero' is.

'Loop Hero' play review that survives an infinite loop world with auto battle x hack and slash equipment x roguelike --GIGAZINE



Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, major game companies such as Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have stopped shipping products to Russia. Also, in Russia, payment processing with Visa, Mastercard, and JCB has stopped, making it difficult to use game sales platforms such as Steam. In addition, Steam notified developers in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in March 2022 that they could not remit sales due to payment processing issues, a Russia-based game that includes Four Quarters. Development companies continue to be in a difficult situation.

In this situation, Four Quarters posted on the official SNS account on March 27, 2022, 'Recently, we have received many inquiries about how to purchase the Steam version and Nintendo Switch version of'Loop Hero'.' 'This difficult Under circumstances, we can only help raise the pirate flag, 'he said , sharing a link to the pirated version of Loop Hero posted on the leading torrent file-sharing service, RuTracker.org.



After that, Four Quarters updated the official SNS on March 28, 2022, 'We started the update work that was interrupted a month ago' 'We are working on patch development for Nintendo Switch version' 'PlayStation version / Xbox so far' There is no version plan. ' In response to the comment 'I want to donate to Four Quarters' in the above post, 'Thank you for your support. However, during this difficult time, I would like to help my family and friends. Please reach out. '



In addition, Four Quarters posted 'We are against war' on Twitter the day after the invasion of Ukraine began, clearly showing their intention to oppose the war.




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