BitTorrent's game downloads: A big hoax

Update: BitTorrent's Games section is misleading. First of all, game downloads don't necessarily use BitTorrent. What you may get via the BitTorrent P2P network is a small (298K) installer program, which in turn runs a proprietary downloader application that gets the game code from a central server.

Second, although games are listed in the B.E.N. catalog as free, they are nothing of the sort. You get a free preview period to try the game. If you want to play it past that period, you have to pay up. Gangland, for example, is free only for 60 minutes. After that, access to the game costs $14.99. And you pay through a separate payment engine, not your BitTorrent account.

What's the point of using BitTorrent for games? I can't see one. Bad form, BitTorrent.

I apologize for not noticing this in our earlier review.

Free? Really? No.

(Credit: CNET Networks)

[Roland Crump]

FREE Games

BitTorrent is not the only source of games that posts a sign "Free Games" and then, when you download them, advises that the games is good for 60 minutes, trial ONLY. This is exasperating when you waste time with a dial-up connection downloading the game.