Did Rockstar Use Pirate Game Code For Steam Max Payne 2?

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Did Rockstar Use Pirate Game Code For Steam Max Payne 2?

According to an eagle-eyed game buyer, Rockstar could have caused themselves quite a bit of embarrassment when they made Max Payne 2 available on Steam. A close examination of the game’s executable reveals that it contains the ASCII text logo of game piracy group Myth.

Back in 2008 we reported that software giant Ubisoft had embarrassed themselves by getting a little closer to the piracy world than they would’ve liked.

Due to DRM problems with Rainbow Six: Vegas2, Ubisoft uploaded a patch which they said would fix the problem. However, an enterprising individual ran it through a HEX editor and discovered that the fix was not Ubisoft code, but actually a no-CD crack released by the Scene group RELOADED.

Now, just under 2 years later, it seems that Rockstar have some similar embarrassing questions to answer.

According to a game buyer on the official Steam forums, the executable for Max Payne 2 available via the digital distribution platform has a rather unexpected easter egg inside.

Apparently, if one examines the code with a HEX editor, the ASCII logo of the Scene group Myth can be viewed, as per the screenshot below;

At this point it is unclear why the logo exists in the release. Myth was a Scene group which ceased to exist after it was targeted in the FBI “Operation Site Down” raids in 2005. The speculation is that rather than program a no-CD version, the easy route of using a ready-made crack was taken by Rockstar instead.

It’s unlikely the company will explain, but we’ll try to find out.

xfernanx Reviewed by xfernanx on 16th May 2010. Did Rockstar Use Pirate Game Code For Steam Max Payne 2? Did Rockstar Use Pirate Game Code For Steam Max Payne 2? According to an eagle-eyed game buyer, Rockstar could have caused themselves quite a bit of embarrassment when they made Max Payne 2 available on Steam. A close examination of the game’s executable reveals that it contains the ASCII text logo of game piracy group Myth. Back in 2008 we reported that software giant Ubisoft had embarrassed themselves by getting a little closer to the piracy world than they would’ve liked. Due to DRM Rating: 5

[The Coon]

LOL that is insane haha

[xfernanx]

Yeah i know! LOL
Scene > Rockstar

[-Im.z2ight-]

That is funny and sad at same time.

[xfernanx]

Bigger Image!

[Hyperz]

Awesome! Does anyone have the steam version and is willing to upload the exe?

[DeLeTeD]

lol wow its 2 bad articles like this dont make it bigger as in the news. It would cause so much publicity causing them to make a statement.

[Derka]

It would seem MyTH never released Max Payne 2

2003-10-14 22:00:00 UNKNOWN MAX.PAYNE.2.THE.FALL.OF.MAX.PAYNE.CRACKFIEViANCE
2003-10-14 22:00:00 GAMES Max_Payne_2_The_Fall_Of_Max_Payne-Razor1911
2003-10-13 22:00:00 UNKNOWN MAX.PAYNE.2.THE.FALL.OF.MAX.PAYNE-DEViANCE 1500.0MB | 52F
2003-10-13 22:00:00 GAMES Max_Payne_The_Fall_Of_Max_Payne_2-FASiSO FAKE
2003-10-13 22:00:00 GAMES MAX.PAYNE.2.THE.FALL.OF.MAX.PAYNE-FLT
2003-10-13 22:00:00 UNKNOWN Max_Payne_2_The_Fall_Of_Max_Payne-iMMERSiON
2003-10-01 22:00:00 APPS Max.Payne.2.The.Fall.of.Max.Payne-STLiSO

[CM]

lol. There has to be a better explanation for that. It's just ascii code from Myth's NFO. "Pirate Game Code" is just spicing it up. And afaik, Myth has been inactive in the scene for a long time...

[zakuza]

Wahhhh, fucking interesting news. Love to see there answers.