DEViANCE
DEViANCE was a release , cracker and digital art group that was active in the relevant " scene " from 1999 to 2006 . The members of the well-structured group came primarily from Europe, especially the Netherlands and Great Britain, but also from the United States and some Asian countries. DEViANCE was one of the most established cracker groups worldwide, which was active in the field of copyright infringement in software products ( Warez ) in the PC sector.
activity
In addition to cracks, DEViANCE also released update cracks, trainers and key generators for almost all commercial games, without, however, benefiting financially from them. The group specialized in overcoming the copy protection of commercial computer games using specially programmed small programs, the cracks . These cracks were made available to the scene free of charge separately or with the complete game as a so-called ISO file ("ISO" for short) via top sites .
DEViANCE was known for the fact that they "released" cracks for games or complete unrestricted full versions of the corresponding games before an official launch. Thus, the formation on 16 March 2004, 24-hour could before the launch of Atari - first-person shooter Unreal Tournament 2004 , overcome the existing copy of the game.
Digital art
In addition to the sporty breaking up of copy protection measures and the publication of black copies , DEViANCE is also known for artistic works and highly regarded in the demo scene . The cracks were often presented in an artfully designed case such as Keygens with a certain graphic design and chiptune background music. One wing of the group, the so-called “Demo Division”, in contrast to the “Cracking Division”, mostly only published cracktros (crack intro) - its members were also distanced from the illegal divisions.
history
The formation was founded on January 1st, 1999 - according to its own statements.
In April 2004 there were raids as part of the so-called Operation Fastlink , which was directed against DEViANCE, among others.
On December 25, 2006, the group's “official” website announced the immediate termination, but this does not mean that individual members will no longer remain active (see below). A large part of the demo division is part of the demo group Surprise! Joined Productions .
The last members of the group were among others: Anesthetic, Vigo, Ghandy, TMB (SCX DVN times), DocD, Interpol, Core, Sir Truck, Hobby1, Vodka, Keito, TOC, AM-FM and Gopher.
The name "DEViANCE" comes from DVNiSO , the computer games division of DiViNE .
Some former DEViANCE members are now publishing as HATRED, others as RELOADED .
literature
- David Adamczewski: Pirate Sport . Game cracker groups and investigative work: Insights into two hostile worlds. In: c't 20, Heise Zeitschriften Verlag, 2002, p. 106.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Demo or warez scene: Scoopex and Deviance separated again - News - gulli.com ( Memento from January 25, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Scene info - about the scene. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Groups & sites | Defacto2. Retrieved March 12, 2017 (English).