This site looks kinda weird. For one, it looks much more polished than any similar site I’ve seen so far. They have really good SEO as well, always popping up pretty high on Google. They have a massive selection of content.

How can they still be up?

What’s the catch/what’s wrong with them?

Also, what do they mean by “preinstalled”? The game isn’t preinstalled if I have to install it from them, is it?

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    IGG is a cracking group with a mixed reputation. Early on they distributed malware, which continues to give them a negative reputation. Though, I haven’t heard of anything bad about them, in some time… some repackers also use their cracks, with no issues. I think they were the first that cracked the latest Armoured Core, for example.

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      Since when was IGG a cracking group? They’re just uploaders. TENOKE is the one who cracked Armored Core. Repackers use SCENE/P2P cracks like RUNE, TENOKE, EMPRESS, SKIDROW, etc.

      IGG is not a cracker. I personally don’t trust them. I don’t understand why they include unimportant files in their uploads.

      • Free Premium Accounts at OfficialMrB.com.txt (0.8 KB)
      • IGG-GAMES.COM.url (0.2 KB)
      • PCGAMESTORRENTS.COM.url (0.2 KB)
      • README.txt (0.3 KB)
      • _INSTALL TUTORIAL.txt (1.7 KB)

      What is the point of including these files? They’re irrelevant.

      https://old.reddit.com/r/PiratedGames/comments/ulsttu/proof_that_i_g_g_games_is_unsafe/i7xbf32/

      With or without malware, I ain’t risking downloading my games from their uploads.