Feb 14, 2011 09:25 GMT  ·  By

The last weekend was something like Christmas for game pirates, as two big titles, Crysis 2 and Killzone 3, were leaked and available for download on major BitTorrent sites.

Most gamers, PC ones in particular, have already gotten used to seeing major releases appear a few days before their retail launch, but this time, Crysis 2 really set an infamous record, being leaked with over a month before its scheduled release.

Before you check out your favorite torrent tracker, bear in mind that this release of Crysis 2 is incomplete, probably being one of the last developer builds before the final release gets put together.

As such, some textures may not appear properly and glitches may be frequent, but, besides those minor inconveniences, the leaked Crysis 2 build has both single-player and multiplayer modes, as well as a master key for online authentification.

Electronic Arts, the publisher of the game released a formal statement to Kotaku saying that the Crytek studio was disappointed and encouraged gamers to refrain from downloading the unfinished product.

"Crytek has been alerted that an early incomplete, unfinished build of Crysis 2 has appeared on Torrent sites," EA said. "Crytek and EA are deeply disappointed by the news. We encourage fans to support the game and the development team by waiting and purchasing the final, polished game on March 22."

"Crysis 2 is still in development and promises to be the ultimate action blockbuster as the series' signature Nanosuit lets you be the weapon as you defend NYC from an alien invasion. Piracy continues to damage the PC packaged goods market and the PC development community."

But while this will certain add fuel onto the fire of the PC piracy issues, a major PlayStation 3 release was also leaked onto torrent website, in the form of Killzone 3.

The first-person shooter from Guerrilla Games has seen two versions appear, a complete one that occupies around 41.4 GB and a ripped one, without the 3D in-game movies, which is a more reasonable 22.3 GB.

The release is only playable on hacked PlayStation 3 consoles, which are running custom firmware released after the system's master decryption key was leaked.

Without a doubt, both EA and Sony are working overtime to track down where the leaks came from and might even take action against those that download these leaked releases.