10 Most Pirated Games of 2008: Spore Takes Top Honors

Yuck. It's one thing to give the spotlight over to piracy and other dirty deeds on a bi-daily basis, but after seeing it all culminate, well, we're going to need to lie down for a little while.   Torrent-tracking blog TorrentFreak recently scoured the undersides of gaming's most illicit tables, putting together a list of piracy's greatest hits. The bottom line: Spore, as expected, took home the golden failboat ticket, while three of EA's other titles made the top five. Meanwhile, big names like Call of Duty 4, Fallout 3, and Far Cry 2 also felt significant disturbances in their sales. Check out the full list below: Spore / 1,700,000 / Sept. 2008 The Sims 2 / 1,150,000 / Sept. 2004 Assassins Creed / 1,070,000 / Nov. 2007 Crysis / 940,000 / Nov. 2007 Command & Conquer 3 / 860,000 / Mar. 2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare / 830,000 / Nov. 2007 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas / 740,000 / Jun. 2005 Fallout 3 / 645,000 / Oct. 2008 Far Cry 2 / 585,000 / Oct. 2008 Pro Evolution ... (link)