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BitT.TV signups open – Download TV Series and Documentaries

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 03:46 AM CST

BitT.TV is a private torrent tracker that tracks a lot of TV Shows and TV Documentaries. It however is not a dedicated TV tracker such as Tv.Torrents.Ro or TvTorrenz.org (both currently open for signup btw). BitT.TV tracks general content such as Games and Movies but the majority of the site's torrents comprise of TV series and documentaries. They currently have over 5800 members and tracks a whopping 23000+ torrents.

One of the good things I noticed about BitT.TV is their excellent collection of TV series season packs. Apart from individual show episodes, they have around 80 season packs organized into a separate category on the site.

This site may not have the best layout around but it's still navigable. As mentioned above the site is currently open for signup and interested readers may join for free.

Site Name: BitT.TV

Signup URL: http://bitt.tv/account-signup.php

Pirates crack Need for Speed : Undercover DRM

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 03:15 AM CST

Yesterday we reported about a DVD Image of Need for Speed : Undercover being leaked to BitTorrent. It's taken only 1 day since the leak for pirates to figure out a way around the SecuROM DRM embedded into the game. 2 different groups (NoGrp and WARG – there is also a DarkC0der crack floating around but that seems to be the same as the previous two) have currently released cracks for undercover which circumvent the DRM protection in NFS : Undercover.

Update: Scene group 0x0008 (who is best known for their cracked German game releases) have released an English DRM cracked version of NFS: Undercover moments ago.

Both these releases seem identical with both featuring cracked paul.dll files. It remains to be seen if the DRM is completely removed from the game or if these cracks merely bypass the protection (workaround). There has however been problems reported with the game. Mouse not being shown up in game menu, lagging or sluggish menu, inability to change in game settings, inability to change controller are some of the reported problems. I do not know for sure if these are crack related or problems with the game itself. According to comments in several gaming forums, some have got the game to work perfectly as well.

Speaking of the game, there are currently no reviews of the PC version available on Gamerankings. PS3 and XBOX360 versions of the game have received somewhat poor reviews with aggregated scores of 50% and 63% respectively. These are however based on 2-3 reviews so far. Anyway I noticed something interesting with the game's minimum system requirements; Shader model 2.0 video cards are supported. This will enable users with low end machines play the game but no doubt at lowest possible settings.

Developer Description

EA's dominating racing series takes a left turn with this uniquely action-oriented entry in the franchise, where players use their driving skills honed in previous NFS games to control their vehicle in dangerous, high speeds encounters. The game features international movie star, Maggie Q, as the lead character in the big-budget live-action sequences that propel the story forward as players get behind the wheel. Undercover takes the franchise back to its roots and re-introduces break-neck cop chases, the world's hottest cars and spectacular highway battles.

Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: Pentium 4 @ 2.8 GHz or Equivalent (3.0 GHz on Vista)
Memory: 1 GB
Hard Drive: 5.5 GB Free
Video Memory: 128 MB with Pixel Shader 2.0 Support (nVidia GeForce 6500/ATI Radeon 9500)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive (8X)

DVD Image (Clone DVD) of Need for Speed : Undercover (PC) leaks to BitTorrent

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 03:23 PM CST

A DVD image of Need for Speed : Undercover, one of the most anticipated racing games of the year, has leaked to several private and public BitTorrent networks right just after the game's North American release. The DVD Image (aka a CloneDVD) which has 4.18GB of file size, is apparently an untouched copy of the original game DVD and includes both English and Spanish language versions of the game. The group who leaked the image call themselves THEPIRATEGAY.

Need for Speed : Undercover, like many other EA games of 2008, uses the controversial online activated SecuROM DRM as an anti piracy measure. DRM remains uncracked in the leaked clone DVD image (in other words there is no crack included) and pirates will be prevented from playing the game at least for now. All EA titles released in 2008 which included SecuROM protection were cracked sooner or later with prime examples being SPORE, Dead Space and Red Alert 3. SecuROM protection in these games was beaten by scene groups such as RELOADED as well as by individuals such as DarkC0der (whose specialty is cracked paul.dll files - a core security module of SecuROM DRM).

Anyway the fact remains that there is no way pirates can play Need for Speed Undercover at the moment with the leaked image alone. They will have to wait and see if a modified executable (aka a crack) is released which will enable them actually play the game. Given the controversial nature of SecuROM, even users who purchased the game legally might be waiting for a SecuROM free exe to be released.

Download Music Videos from SilverSeed tracker

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 11:41 AM CST

Silverseed is a private torrent tracker specializing in music videos. It's a fairly new tracker only about a month and a half old but it looks promising. There are not many trackers specializing in music videos around and we've only posted about two of them before; Sneakyvidz and Keitex forum. You can find a lot of US/UK music videos belonging to a number of different music genres such as Rock, Metal, Jazz on Silverseed.

As said before Silverseed is quite young and it's been closed for signups for the most part. They've recently opened signups for 72 hours and there are currently around 350 members on the tracker. However Silverseed is not short of torrents. They've added around 1600 torrents (music videos) in the month and a half they've been online and new torrents keep getting added daily. Some torrents have only one seeder atm but this will hopefully get resolved as more users join this tracker.

As mentioned above Silverseed have opened signups for 72 hours. However we are late in reporting the open signup (sorry about that btw) so it may only remain open for another day or so get in while you can.

Site Name: Silverseed

Signup URL: http://www.silverseed.net/signup.php

Categories:

80s
Alternative
Blues
Country
Dance
Electro
Grunge
HipHop
Indie
J-Pop
Jazz
Metal
Pop
Punk
Rap
Reggae
RnB
Rock
SilverSeed Packs
Soul/Religious

Possible solutions for Sacred 2 : Fallen Angel crashing and performance issues

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 10:53 AM CST

Earlier today we reported about the release/leak of Sacred 2 : Fallen Angel. Apparently the initial version of the game is plagued with bugs, glitches and performance issues. Problems with Sacred 2 range from slow frame rates, random crashes to desktop (CTD) to game play issues such as players not being able to level up properly. Luckily for those who purchased the game, developer Ascaron have been busy releasing patches for the game. So far there have been several patches and hotfixes released for the game (I.E.- 2.10, 2.12, etc with 2.0.2 being the version of game's initial release).

Here is a list of issues all these patches address and at the end of article you can find direct download links to these patches. Only the major issues addressed will be listed here (otherwise it would be one long ass list).

Patch to update version 2.0.2 to 2.10

Improved game balance and enemy AI
Massive quest overhaul (quest book more clrearly arranged, new/improved texts, alternate endings)
Better armor, weapons and drop
Integrated automated update functionality
New button in lobby to recover passwords via a web site.
Several performance improvements, mainly in the main menu
More Sound effects

Hotfix to update version 2.10 to 2.10.1

Adjustment to address game creation process for Open.Net

Hotfix to update version 2.10.1 to 2.11.2

Crashes will not occur on death of Shadow Warrior/High Elf characters
Singleplayer coop is not treated as a single player game
Chat functionality is no longer faulty or non-existent
Scorpion King (desert boss enemy) no longer kills players instantly
The game no longer has to be executed as administrator under Vista

Hotfix to update version 2.11.2 to 2.12.0

Some players suffered lags while clicking on NPC's and objects since hotfix 2. This has been fixed.
Mounts sometimes lost XP after exit/load. This has been fixed.
An occasional problem with sounds on the 5.1-subwoofer-channel has been fixed.
Some cases, in which quests that require a certain amount of collected items didn't grant enough items have been improved.
The function of [f12] has been improved. [f12] now teleports the character to the resurrection point. This works for both singleplayer and multiplayer.

Download Links

You can download all of the patches displayed above from the official Sacred 2 updates site.

[Click Here] to download update patches for the Sacred 2 UK (International) version.

[Click Here] to download update patches for the Sacred 2 for non English versions of Sacred 2. (Choose your language at the bottom of the page)

If you are using pirated version of the game, these patches will not work. Those who use a DRM cracked version of Sacred 2 will have to wait till a cracked update is released by a scene group or an individual.