GTA scams out of control in Syrian game market

You think consumers here in the U.S. have it tough with shovelware like Imagine Noun and cheap movie tie-ins? Check out some of the counterfeit games that shoppers in Syria have to watch out for. It didn’t translate well from Syrian into Norweigian and then into Google English but it seems that torrents and online piracy aren’t the big problem in Syria’s gaming market. Unscrupulous scam shops are sticking any and every property they can download an image of onto Grand Theft Auto cover art in hopes of suckering stunned gamers into parting with some cash. Chances are, trying to return one of these “games” when you realize it’s nothing but a VCD of Air Bud will likely get you a swift hammer strike to the skull. Buyer beware. But seriously, an Arabic GTA? I’m so down with that!