The European Union added Nsw2u to its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List in May, writing in a report that video game industry stakeholders reported the site to law enforcement because of its role in platforming unauthorized copies of games. In 2021, the Entertainment Software Association industry group representing Nintendo, Microsoft and several other major gaming giants sent a letter to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative — naming Nsw2u as a platform openly ignoring takedown notices. German authorities arrested two men last year who were allegedly behind the popular pirated movie site Movie2k and Europol arrested 11 people in November during a large operation to take down one of the largest illegal streaming networks. “For more than four years, the websites contained pirated copies of highly anticipated video games days or weeks before their official release date,” the FBI said in a statement. Last week, the FBI’s Atlanta field office announced the seizure of nsw2u.com, nswdl.com, game-2u.com, bigngame.com, ps4pkg.com, ps4pkg.net and mgnetu.com — placing FBI banners on all of the sites. Nsw2u was particularly popular, allowing users to play games on hacked versions of the Nintendo Switch without actually purchasing the games. The FBI took down multiple websites used by gamers to illegally download popular titles for platforms like Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. U.S. and European authorities have launched multiple operations over the last three years intended to limit the public’s access to pirated content.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:05:18 +0000