The administration explained that the only source of income for it is the sale of games on the platforms of partner stores. There are very few AAA releases now. CrackWatch is getting little money and can no longer afford to pay for servers.

The site’s authors also said they could try “more intrusive ads,” but respect the visitors. So CrackWatch was shut down for several months until more big-budget games were released.

Essentially, CrackWatch is just a news site that reports on the status of video game hacking. It does not provide any illegal links.