10 Video Game Embarrassments You Won't Believe

10. Rockstar Got Caught Pirating Their Own Games

There are understandably few things that video game publishers loathe more than piracy, and they'll take extreme measures if necessary to ensure their games can't be stolen - even releasing it with performance-crippling DRM like Denuvo.

Yet, Rockstar Games - who, unsurprisingly, are vehemently anti-piracy - were recently shown up in hilariously embarrassing fashion when the real reason for Manhunt's historically janky Steam release was revealed.

Manhunt has been a bug-filled mess for many years on Steam, with players having to use third-party mods to work it into a fully playable state.

But YouTuber Vadim M recently discovered that this is because Rockstar uploaded a cracked version of the game to Steam. In order to quickly circumvent the game's original DRM, Rockstar simply deferred to piracy group Razor 1911 and used their crack to beat the copy protection.

Inspecting the game's code reveals Razor 1911's signature inside it, as well as in two other Rockstar-published games - Max Payne 2 and Midnight Club II.

The glitches were actually caused by Rockstar attempting to cover their tracks and remove evidence of the crack from Manhunt's code, in turn accidentally activating another layer of copy protection which intentionally infests the game with bugs. Wild.