Doom 3 leaked over p2p networks

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED first-person eye candy blast-'em-up Doom 3 has already been released by piracy groups over the internet.

According to an ISO-piracy news site, theisonews.com, the game is available for download over various p2p networks, and gives details on how to install the cracked game. A contact of ours has informed us that a couple of DirectConnect - which is a filesharing program with a rather elitist following - hubs are sharing the game for download.

A reviewer at theisonews.com reckons the game more than lives up to the hype, rating it a 10 out of 10 on pretty much all counts. Could the review be a hoax? Possibly, but he's supplied screenshots to back himself up.

I doubt retailers will have to worry too hard about losing out on Doom 3 sales - everyone's going crazy for this one, rabid fans desperately trying to get their pasty hands on a copy. The pirated release arrived just before the official copy is set to go on sale.

Update: The reviewer on ISOnews has made some nasty claims about the game, and is quoted on the forums as saying: "Guys, I officially disown this firstlook. I've never done that before, but I do admit when I'm wrong, and I am wrong this time. The first couple hours were much more than fun the last 5, and I'm bored to tears now. All the shadow effects in the world can't make up for what is essentially 1991 "run into room, kill spawned monsters, find key, open door" gameplay." He goes on to say that he'd have his review deleted if he could. µ

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