Croteam is happy to do this, we’re sure, but it strikes us as outside the sense of humor of most modern game publishers. Needless to say, the Internet’s response is largely, well, “CHALLENGE ACCEPTED”, if it even exists. Granted, it’s an idea not without precedent: back in the days of yore, if you pirated a game, the devs just straight up messed with you instead of imposing software locks, generally making the game unplayable in the process. The first evidence of this turned up on Twitter, where user IronRinn shared a video found on YouTube claiming to reveal the game’s DRM, which is simply a video with no proof. We’ve reached out to the folks at Croteam for confirmation on this, but it’s frankly too funny not to share this fine Friday morning: apparently, if you pirate the game, a really gross and completely immortal scorpion monster is coming, in game, to end your $#!t.

You know, as anti-piracy advocates go, this is probably the best mascot we’ve seen. Pirate the game and a killer scorpion monster is gonna eff you up.

The ScorpSoldier is a scorpion-like creature with a gun connected to it through a tube. In Serious Sam 3, the game detects if you are running a pirate version - then attacks you with a gigantic, immortal scorpion. The Immortal Fast Scorpion DRM is a feature only available in. The ScorpSoldier is an enemy that appears in Serious Sam 2, and replaces the Arachnoids from Sams previous adventures.

UPDATE: This is, according to Croteam, 100% legit. Serious Sam is a first-person shooter video game series created and developed by Croteam.

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