Proving that BitTorrent technology isn’t just for Internet pirates, an overwhelming response to the free download of a new game is forcing a developer to turn to the file-sharing technology as a replacement for its own overloaded proprietary download system.

[URL=http://mektek.net/]MekTek[/URL] is currently offering up MechWarrior 4 for [URL=http://mtxgear.mektek.net/MW4/download.html]download through its website[/URL], this after 100,000 customers brought down its MTX system, and website, over the weekend. The developer, [URL=http://torrentfreak.com/game-maker-switches-to-bittorrent-after-server-crash-100505/]according to TorrentFreak[/URL], is now preparing a release of the free game via BitTorrent, once the new version makes its way through MekTek’s beta team.

While noting that other game companies have turned to BitTorrent technology in the past, including Electronic Arts, who used it to distribute the beta for Warhammer Online, Torrent Freak offered: [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/05/05/dev-utilize-bittorrent-free-mech-warrior-release][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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