SeedGames – PC and Console games torrent tracker – Signups open

As usual, our latest post about Blackcats games proved to be hugely popular – the article registered several thousand additional reads and many had emailed us asking for BCG referrals. Sorry folks – we will not be giving away BCG referrals anytime soon so don’t waste your time. At the same time, note that BCG is not the planet’s only dedicated games tracker. Today we are going to talk about SeedGames, a relatively new specialized console and PC games site that everyone can get in for free.

SeedGames, which is around 1 month old (as of 4/3/2009), appears to have Swedish origins. Even so, the site interface, messages, forum and pretty much everything else is in 100% English. As a specialized tracker that’s only about 2 months old, SeedGames has some pretty impressive stats – there are already close to 3000 members and the site tracks over 850 torrents (at time of this post).

As for the content on SeedGames, it tracks console, PC and Mac releases (See categories section below for more information). Majority of the torrents currently online are of newly released games – however, they do have an interesting looking ‘Retro’ section which is continuously being expanded. Judging by the ‘uploader standards’ page on SeedGames, new scene releases are encouraged.

There are some free leech torrents and double upload enabled torrents online at SeedGames. A few days ago, the entire site was put on free leech for three straight days which was pretty cool.

As we mentioned earlier the site is currently open for public signups. The current user limit is set to 3000 – if this limit is not increased, that means there is room for around 220 more users on the tracker. New users start with 2GB upload credit as well as invites. Check it out.

Site Name: SeedGames (http://seedgames.org)

Signup URL: http://seedgames.org/signup.php

Categories:

• Gamecube
• MAC
• MiSC
• Nintendo DS
• Nintendo Wii
• OST
• PC ISO
• PC Retro
• Playstation 2
• Playstation 3
• PSP
• XBOX
• XBOX 360

ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus 4.0.314 Final Released

Although I don’t use it anymore, there was a time when NOD32 was used as my primary security software. My overall experience with this product is good – it caught most of the viruses and other baddies that came its way and most importantly, it never was a resource hog like many other modern AV software. ESET have silently released the first final build of  NOD32 v4.0, the next major upgrade in NOD32 AV product series.

 

It looks like ESET have made improvements to the scan engine (SSL scanning, etc), enhanced the e-mail scanning (added support for more mail clients) and most importantly included a new feature called the ‘Removable Media Security’. This is aimed at stopping viruses that spread via removable drives such as USB flash drives (i really hate these type of autorun worms and Trojans) and should be welcome news for many readers who are plagued by such viruses. 

It’s only been a about a day since the release of the final build and I have not managed to find any cracks for this software yet. Expect many someone to crack NOD32 v4.0 entirely or release update workarounds, unlimited trial hacks, 3rd party update server hacks, etc soon, given the product’s huge popularity even among pirates.

Download

Currently, a 30 day trial version can be downloaded directly from ESET’s official servers (and I bet that by the end of those 30 days, a working crack or some other workaround will be out). All are direct download links.

[Click Here] to download NOD32 Anti-Virus 4.0.314 for 32-bit Windows OS

[Click Here] to download NOD32 Anti-Virus 4.0.314 for 64-bit Windows OS

Punk Torrents – Punk, Ska, Hardcore music tracker signups open

We’ve posted about several different dedicated music torrent trackers in the past but I don’t think a site dedicated to punk/ska/hardcore music has been mentioned before. Punk Torrents is a forum based private torrent tracker that has a lot torrents (audio and some music videos) related to punk, ska and hardcore music genres. If you are a fan of these genres, good news is that this site is currently open for public registrations.

Although you may have not heard of this tracker before, Punk Torrents is not a small community. As of 3/1/2009, this site has over 45000 members and tracks over 10100 torrents (note that the inactive account deletion period is really long on this tracker). As for the content on PT, it’s mostly audio (music). There is however a video section where videos of live performances, etc are also being uploaded to.  Majority of the torrents on PunkTorrents seem to be good quality user uploads.

In addition to the torrent tracker, PunkTorrents has a great forum complete with active members, requests, offers and several other features. Users could even make requests through one of the forum threads.

As mentioned earlier, signups for this tracker are currently open. If you are a fan of punk/ska music genre, go ahead and create an account when you can. PunkTorrents is known to close public signups suddenly.

Site Name: Punk Torrents (http://www.punktorrents.com)

Signup URL: http://www.punktorrents.com/index.php?act=Reg&CODE=00

Blackcats-Games Tracker – Referrals added again

Blackcats-Games or BCG, is a private BitTorrent site that is considered by many as the king of all games trackers. Although the site has been open for signup several months ago, public registrations have been disabled throughout 2009. As we reported earlier, BCG uses the referrals feature in place of the usual private tracker invite system. If you are an existing BCG member, here is some good news – all current members of the tracker have been given 1 referral.

A PM sent by BCG owner stoi explains the terms and conditions associated with newly issued referral in detail:

Yes I know I am very impatient, I have just give everyone on the site 1 referral.
Unless anything drastic happens with them, you have till the 31st March to use it, if you have not used it by then, you will loose it.
Remember though, if you invite a bad member, cheat etc then you will get 100gig on your download, if you sell, trade, or do a giveaway on a public forum, and we catch you, then you will loose your account, and your details will be passed onto other sites as well.
So just be sensible, all we ask is that you bring a good member in, how hard can that really be.

This should be welcome news to existing members as BCG had frozen all member referrals about two months ago. Anyway note the text in bold in stoi’s PM - use your referrals wisely. For a detailed tutorial on the BCG referrals system, see this forum thread (requires BCG login).

Note that this post is targeted at existing members of BCG who don’t login to the tracker that often (apparently there are lots of em). Since we had updated the blog several times on BCG open signups, there should be a good number of FILEnetworks Blog readers who are also BCG members

Note: Do NOT request/trade BCG invites here.

Scene XviD Release Standards 2009 (TXD2K9)

Release groups from the warez scene are right on top of the piracy pyramid – there is no doubt about that. But ‘the scene’ is not a bunch of geeks releasing leaked material randomly. Scene groups are very well organized and they have their own standards and rules. This is one of the reasons why scene releases are of great quality (identical to the original in most cases), even though they are pirated material. For those interested, here are the new scene standards for releasing XViD encoded videos (movies, TV shows, etc).

At a glance, The XviD Releasing Standards 2009 (TXD2K9) does not seem to introduce drastic changes over the previously declared rule set regarding XViD format. Even the min/max file size for movie releases (700MB/1.4GB) remain the same. Most of the rules mentioned here won’t mean anything to the average torrenter (they are meant to be read by sceners in the first place). But these regulations do improve the overall quality of a release – for example an XViD encode that follows proper scene standards will play on any XViD compatible device (and not just on selected players as in the case with most homemade rips).

The XviD Releasing Standards 2009 (TXD2K9) is signed by the following release groups:

ALLiANCE DMT DoNE NeDiVX ViTE iMBT COCAIN PUKKA Larceny AMIABLE HLS LMG ARROW COALiTiON SAPHiRE MOTION BeStDivX NEPTUNE iNTiMiD HEFTY BaLD mVs OPTiC VoMiT ESPiSE TWiST EPiSODE FRAGMENT ARiSCO FFNDVD SAiNTS TVA iNFiNiTE FoV ORPHEUS TOPAZ REWARD WAT NODLABS PHASE HAGGiS aAF OSiTV RiVER REMAX MACRO FQM SFM WPi DOMiNO DvF 5MeOAMT ELiA ARTHOUSE BETAMAX EPiC iLS BrG DnB REACTOR DOCUMENT AEN FiCO BLooDWeiSeR TNAN CoWRY iGNiTE SSF D3Si ARiGOLD AsiSter FLAiR WRD AFO SSB TheWretched LAJ KiNOBOX WiRA BiEN GAYGAY RUBYMESS AEROHOLiCS VH-PROD iMMORTALs JFKXViD iFN MoH XanaX WaLMaRT

[Click Here] to view the full document with XviD Releasing Standards 2009

Diwana, Arm Tracker, Nano-Net and other sites open for signup ( March 2, 2009)

It’s the beginning of March and again we see a lot of private torrent trackers with monthly open signups welcoming new members. What better time to post a new collective tracker update than this? This time around we bring you updates on 7 private torrent trackers that are currently open for free public registrations. Both specialized trackers as well as general trackers are featured in the post.

Note that two of the trackers mentioned in this article (Appzuniverse and Pro Audio Torrents) will close signups in around 6 hours since the time of this post. GFXnews and Audionews too will stay open only for 1 day.

Diwana
 
Site Name:  Diwana (http://diwana.org)
Signup URL: http://diwana.org/signup.php
Stats: 22500+ members and ~18000 torrents
Description: Diwana is an excellent private tracker for Australian and New Zealand releases. For a detailed review of this tracker including its torrent category details, please refer to our previous article located here.

Nano-Net
 
Site Name:  Nano-Net (http://tracker.nano-net.ro)
Signup URL: http://tracker.nano-net.ro/signup.php
Stats: 2150+ torrents
Description: Nano-Net is a General/0Day tracker with a nice layout (somewhat resembles that of ScL). More information about this tracker along with screenshots, can be found from this link.

Torrent Arm
 
Site Name:  ARM Tracker, aka T-Arm (http://torrent-arm.net/)
Signup URL: http://torrent-arm.net/signup.php
Stats: 1600+ torrents
Description: Torrent Arm is another Romanian general tracker with some good packs. More information about this tracker along with screenshots, can be found from this link.

AppzUniverse

Site Name: AppzUniverse (http://www.appzuniverse.org)
Signup URL: http://www.appzuniverse.org/signup.php
Stats: ~3000 torrents
Description: AppzUniverse is a private torrent tracker for Windows and Mac software. For a detailed review of this tracker including its torrent category details, please refer to our previous article located here.

Pro Audio Torrents

Site Name: Pro Audio Torrents (http://proaudiotorrents.org)
Signup URL: http://proaudiotorrents.org/signup.php
Stats: ~4500 torrents
Description: Pro Audio Torrents is another private tracker for Music related software and extras. For a detailed review of this tracker including its torrent category details, please refer to our previous article located here.

GFXnews

Site Name: GFXNews (http://forum.gfxnews.ru)
Signup URL: http://forum.gfxnews.ru/profile.php?mode=register (Registration will be available from 02 mar 2009 07:00 GMT till 03 mar 2009 07:00 GMT)
Stats: 50000+ members
Description: GFXnews is a forum based tracker for Graphics design, web design, 3d animation related software, templates and more. For a detailed review of this tracker including its torrent category details, please refer to our previous article located here.

AudioNews

Site Name: AudioNews (http://forum.audionews.ru/)
Signup URL: http://forum.audionews.ru/profile.php?mode=register (Registration will be available from 02/3/2009 till 03/3/2009)
Stats: 90000+ members
Description: Audionews is a forum based tracker for Music editing, music authoring applications and other related torrents. For a detailed review of this tracker including its torrent category details, please refer to our previous article located here.

Orbit Downloader 2.8.6 – Rapidshare, flash and streaming media downloader

A new version of Orbit Downloader has been released. This is an excellent free application that’ll allow you to download files not only from HTTP, FTP protocols but also from social video sites, one click hosting sites and even via streaming protocols such as RTSP/MMS. Latest version of Orbit downloader (v2.8.6) includes several minor bugfixes over the previous build.

Personally, this is one of my favorite applications. Oribit downloader eliminates the need to have several different programs installed in order to download files from various social media sites and one click hosting sites. As of 1/3/2009, Orbit downloader supports over 35 online services including (but not limited to YouTube, Yahoo! Music, Google Video, Veoh and more. Another good aspect of this download manager is its size – the setup is only 2.15MB and even when its running in the background, takes very little amount of resources.

Features

• Download social music, social video and streaming media
• Extreme download acceleration.
• Super Light: micro-sized and resource-friendly
• Support RapidShare download.
• Support IE, Firefox, Maxthon, Opera.
• Support Metalink download.
• Support HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS, RTSP and RTMP protocols.
• Support Proxy server configuration.
• Support download pasue and resume.
• General download management.
• Grab Pro - Download RTMP protocol video
• Download e-mail and forum attachments with great speed!
• More Efficient mirrors selection algorithm and faster download sources!
• Download social music and video include Youtube, Pandora, Myspace easily
• Support all streaming media protocol include RTMP/ MMS/ RTSP
• Support all popular browsers include Firefox 3

For a list of social video and other services supported by Orbit and for tutorials and how-to’s, please visit our previous article. 

Download

Version 2.8.6 has now been released to the public and you can download it for free. Orbit downloader is free of adware, spyware or any other crapware.

[Click Here] to download Orbit Downloader 2.8.6 from Download.com (2.15MB)