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GamesCom 2012: PR agency offering $5000 reward for stolen PC containing 2 prototypes
Posted: 15.08.2012 18:34 by JonahFalcon Comments: 2
Divinity: Original Sin
Evolve PR is posting a $5000 reward at GamesCom 2012 to recover PCs that were stolen from their booth that had early builds of Divinity: Dragon Commander and Divinity: Original Sin.

The firm's press statement reads, "Hey folks... this definitely isn't the way we wanted to kick off Gamescom!

Two PCs were stolen from Larian's booth in the business hall at Gamescom, containing early builds of Divinity: Dragon Commander and Divinity: Original Sin.

Larian is offering a $5000 reward for information leading to the identification of the culprit and return of the PCs. We're asking the game community to band together to track these criminals down and to get the games back!

The team is using backup PCs, so no issues there -- and if you have an appointment with Larian, there's no change -- but if you have any information about the culprits, head to Business Hall 4.2, Booth A-16 to let the team know. Oh, and you might as well stay for a demo."

Divinity: Original Sin is a traditional RPG (official site here) while Divinity: Dragon Commander is a tactical strategy-RPG title (official site here.)

Comments

By djole381 (SI Elite) on Aug 15, 2012
djole381
So much for security at GamesCom :)
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Aug 15, 2012
herodotus
Having been to several gaming conventions, albeit with EB Games I know how seriously this kind of theft is taken (locked doors, searched luggage. More serious than a "borrowed IP" though, this is disgraceful behaviour though not surprising unfortunately.