Goldfarming is huge business in China, so it should come as no surprise that game piracy is also rampant.  Take Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment's upcoming CCG. Why not? Some hackers already have.

The pirated version runs on multiple mobile devices and is dubbed Legend of the Crouching Dragon.  I guess the "Crouching Dragon" is the hacker, so the legend must refer to the lawsuit they're about to receive -- which will no doubt be legendary.  These guys scraped everything but the actual WoW-themed art assets, but the lighting effects and animations are still in place, and if you squint you can tell the games are almost identical.  I would say "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," but pirates are just exploitive thieves no matter how Johnny Depp looks in a hat.  

Hit the jump to see the gameplay video of LCD, already available for tablet and mobile phone.  

[via geek.com]