As is usually the case with PC games these days, the recently released first person action game Zeno Clash has found itself on BitTorrent-based pirate web sites with people downloading the title for free. Ars Technica reports that the game's development company ACE Team have taken the unusual move to ask those who are pirating the game to, please, pay for it.

In a comment page for one of the BitTorrent sites that has the game available for free download, ACE Team member Carlos Bordeu wrote that like most indie game devs, ' The only way in which we can continue making games like this (or a sequel) is to have good sales." He pleads with those who have downloaded the game from the site to " . . . purchase the game (and support the independent game development scene) if you enjoy it." Bordeu claims that their method has worked for at least some people, saying, "We've received several mails and posts in our own forums of people who pirated the game that decided to buy it because of the message." In the meantime ACE Team is working on a free demo of Zeno Clash that should be released soon.