Prince of Persia (2008) leaks to BitTorrent, No DRM present

Back in early 2008, there were almost no good games released for the PC. Then a lot of great titles including Fallout 3, Dead Space, Tomb Raider: Underworld and Call of Duty World at War got released all at once . The influx of good titles for the PC has not stopped and the latest popular game to be released is Prince of Persia (2008). Newest installment to the POP franchise has many new features and game play enhancements over the previous titles. Unlike most other PC titles to be released in 2008, POP does not have any kind of DRM protection built into it.

To be honest I was taken by surprise when I first heard the news about POP 2008 being DRM free. It was too good to be true specially considering Ubisoft’s history with DRM systems – they were a company that relied on controversial Starforce protection heavily back in 2005/2006. Anyway the news is true and there is no DRM in POP(2008). This time around, pirates will not be able to use the ‘I-hate-DRM-so-I-cracked-it’ excuse.

The game has already been leaked by scene group SKIDROW right on it’s official North American release date. There is no crack associated with this release – remember, a crack is not required as the game uses no protection. The release consists of a Full DVD image of POP 2008 (7.2GB in size) which can be used to perform a complete installation of the game. SKIDROW’s release has already made its way from scene topsites to torrent trackers, one click hosting sites and other FTP sites across the world.

Developer Description

Set in a land rooted in ancient Persian mythology, the Prince finds himself caught in an epic battle between the primal forces of light and darkness: the God of Light, Ormazd versus his brother Ahriman, the destructive God of Darkness. The Prince arrives just in time to witness the destruction of the legendary Tree of Life - an act which threatens to plunge the entire world into eternal darkness. Manifested in the form of the Corruption, a dark substance that physically contaminates the land and the skies, the Prince must partner with Elika, a deadly companion, to heal the world from the evil Corruption.

Minimum System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP/Vista
• Processor: Pentium D @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
• Memory: 1 GB for XP/2 GB for Vista
• Hard Drive: 8 GB Free
• Video Memory: 256 MB (Shader Model 3.0+)
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
• DirectX: 9.0c

Recommended System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP/Vista
• Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
• Memory: 1 GB for XP/2 GB for Vista
• Hard Drive: 8 GB Free
• Video Memory: 256 MB (Shader Model 3.0+)
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
• DirectX: 9.0c

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