Piracy, what many big video-game and media companies might hate is what this Indie developer embraces.

For any media or video-game company, piracy means a dip in their sales. However, Indie developer Acid Wizard Studio thinks of it as a way to get their game to more people.

Whenever a new game is out, there is always going to be someone, out there who would upload it on the internet. Many people don’t want to pay for any new games so in the desperation of getting it for free they might fall in for scams.

Game Devs at Acid Wizard Studio have found a unique way to counter this situation. They uploaded their own game on The Pirate Bay, the popular torrenting platform. The motive behind this move is simple, to give those who can’t afford it access to a safe version.

Darkwood was released last week on steam and has been gaining positive response since then. Following its successful launch, Maciej Gorny from Acid Wizard explains that they wanted everyone to play a safe and stable copy.

“We decided to upload it to Pirate Bay to ensure that people who can’t afford it can download a safe version of the game,” he said in a press release.

As the developers were fed up with scammers selling keys over suspicious websites, which made them unable to hold giveaways. They instead opted for a better option. they uploaded the full game for free for anyone to play with a simple request,

“If you don’t have the money and want to play the game, we have a safe torrent on The Pirate Bay of the latest version of Darkwood (1.0 hotfix 3), completely DRM-free,” the developer continued. “There’s no catch, no added pirate hats for characters or anything like that. We have just one request: if you like Darkwood and want us to continue making games, consider buying it in the future, maybe on a sale, through Steam, GOG, or Humble Store.”

So now you have two option either support the developers by purchasing it for just $15 on steam, or you can get their free version on The Pirate Bay here.

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