Reloaded (warez)

Reloaded (stylized as RELOADED and RLD) is a warez group founded in June 2004 from the ex-members of DEViANCE.[1] They released and cracked Spore 4 days [2][3] and a The Sims 3 beta version 15 days before their respective release dates.[4] On February 29, 2008, Reloaded released a cracked version of Assassin's Creed, a month before its release on March 28. Although, this release was later nuked for not being the final retail version as well as having crashing issues.[5] The retail version was released by them more than a month later.[6]

Timeline

On May 26, 2006, Reloaded released the StarForce protected game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.[7] This cracked release became available 424 days after its official release date.[8][9]

On February 27, 2010, Reloaded released Battlefield: Bad Company 2 three days before release date, but players reported problems with the game controls.[10][11]

The keygens made by Reloaded generate keys ending on XRLD, where the X stands for a number/letter

Reloaded decided to release an old internal tool to the public when the Macrovision turned into Rovi Corporation and discontinued the development of SafeDisc and SafeCast DRMs. It can be used to bypass checks like cd/dvd validation, trial, online-activation (for beta games), execution-count and of silent cd/dvd checks.[12][13]

On June 23, 2010, Reloaded released Singularity 6 days before its initial retail release date.

Ubisoft used a cracked exe from Reloaded for the PC game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 after a new patch broke legally downloaded versions of the game.[14]

On October 24, 2011, Reloaded release Battlefield 3 four day before its official release.

On November 08, 2011, Reloaded released Modern Warfare 3 on its initial retail release date.

References

  1. ^ "History of RELOADED". Defacto2.net. http://www.defacto2.net/organisation/reloaded. Retrieved 2011-11-06. 
  2. ^ Daniel (2008-11-03). "Spore cracked before its street date". http://gameviper.com/pc/spore-cracked-by-reloaded-group. 
  3. ^ "Spore-RELOADED". NFOHump. 2008-09-02. http://nfohump.com/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=viewnfo&id=127807. 
  4. ^ "The.Sims.3-RELOADED". NFOHump. 2009-05-18. http://nfohump.com/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=viewnfo&id=140013. 
  5. ^ "Assassins.Creed-RELOADED". NFOHump. 2008-02-29. http://nfohump.com/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=viewnfo&id=122515. 
  6. ^ "Assassins.Creed.REPACK-RELOADED". NFOHump. 2008-04-08. http://nfohump.com/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=viewnfo&id=123249. 
  7. ^ "Splinter.Cell.Chaos.Theory-RELOADED". NFOHump. 2006-05-26. http://www.nfohump.com/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=viewnfo&id=104992. 
  8. ^ Todd Ciolek (2009-06-16). "Interview: The Return Of... StarForce?". Gamasutra. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24035. "Everybody remembers Ubisoft's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. It held for 422 days without a piracy crack. This world record for AAA-class games is still unbeaten and no other solutions managed to make a game last longer." 
  9. ^ "Splinter.Cell.Chaos.Theory.OS.FIX-RELOADED". NFOHump. 2006-05-28. http://www.nfohump.com/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=viewnfo&id=105005. "As For Deviance claiming we used a loader, ignorant bullshit as always. The code added at entry point is only for proper import table loading. Our release doesn't use drivers and can be debugged (for those who want make trainers for example), cdcheck isn't "fooled", it simply does not exist in our release. If you want a fine example of what a Loader actually is, in case you still have it mixed up, have a look at DEViANCE release of Cricket 2005." 
  10. ^ "Battlefield.Bad.Company.2-RELOADED". NFOHump. 2010-02-27. http://nfohump.com/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=viewnfo&id=143784. 
  11. ^ "Battlefield Bad Company 2 Mouse and Keyboard Control Issues Only For Pirates?". FILEnetworks. 2010-02-27. http://filenetworks.blogspot.com/2010/02/battlefield-bad-company-2-mouse-and.html. 
  12. ^ "Universal.Safedisc.and.SafeCast.Loader-RELOADED". NFOHump. 2009-10-26. http://www.nfohump.com/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=viewnfo&id=142727. 
  13. ^ shiny (2009-10-26). "Universal Safedisc and SafeCast Loader-RELOADED". scnsrc.net. http://www.scnsrc.net/games/universal-safedisc-and-safecast-loader-reloaded/. 
  14. ^ Ben Kuchera (2008-07-21). "Ubisoft DRM snafu reminds us what's wrong with PC gaming". http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/07/ubisoft-drm-snafu-reminds-us-whats-wrong-with-pc-gaming.ars.