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Free Mass Effect DLC is Available on PC
An announcement this morning from BioWare brings a friendly alert for PC gamers: Your free Mass Effect DLC is ready! Come play it while it’s fresh! The “new” content, which is simply the “Bring Down the Sky” expansion that Xbox gamers have had access to for a while now, was promised as a free download [...]
Continue reading...Community Content: The Sincerest Form of Infringement
Monday, July 21, 2008
Solid community-created game content, when done right, is every publisher’s fantasy. Game companies hope and pray for the day when talented fans of their games take the time to explore the development tools and put together competent, high-quality additions to the original product. It’s a win-win for everyone: Assuming the user’s content takes off, the [...]
Continue reading...Interview: Tom Ohle and Good Old Games
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Earlier today, CD Projekt announced a new distribution system for PC gaming — a service called Good Old Games, so named for its intent to focus on the treasured classics of our youth. Including semi-old-school favorites like Fallout, MDK, Freespace, and others, GOG’s intent is to re-invigorate gamers’ enthusiasm for these disappearing titles — selling [...]
Continue reading...GameSpyte Lyte: Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of ROMs
Friday, June 20, 2008
Hi there, and thanks for consciously choosing not to read GameSpyte instead of just glossing past it. Your brief consideration is all we need. Today, we’ll be celebrating pirates, but not the cool marketable kind with eyeliner and slurred dialogue — the boring, digital kind. Step aboard!
Continue reading...Microsoft Would Like You to Buy All Your DLC Again
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Remember, kids: Playing a game that you’ve paid money for isn’t a right, it’s a privilege! This grim fact was discovered by yet another gamer on Consumerist whose Xbox 360 fell victim to everyone’s least-favorite color of ring. Unfortunately, the console in question was out of warranty due to some previous home repairs, making it [...]
Continue reading...New Chip to Solve Piracy Forever and Ever, Honest
Friday, May 23, 2008
Yo ho ho and a bottle of ROMs! Nolan Bushnell, speaking yesterday at a Wedbush Morgan Securities conference, advised attendees that a new chip, shipping on new PC motherboards, will finally eliminate software piracy at home and abroad. According to the report on GamesIndustry.biz, the new chip is such a foolproof system that software publishers [...]
Continue reading...GameSpyte Episode 7
Friday, May 16, 2008
In this week’s episode, Jesse covers the Video Game Ratings Enforcement Act, Wii Fit’s unabashed honesty, DRM issues with Mass Effect on the PC and E3’s growing lack of exhibitors.
Continue reading...Spore Verification Only Required for Online Play
Friday, May 9, 2008
We were just thinking of giving EA a call to see if the Mass Effect DRM worries had infected their microorganisms as well, but it looks like there’s no need: several fansites (and Kotaku) recently received word from Maxis producer Caryl Shaw, who says there’s no 10-day checkup procedure for Spore.
Continue reading...Complaining has Massive Effect on DRM
Friday, May 9, 2008
The gamers have spoken, and BioWare has listened, for the most part. Following the news that the upcoming PC version of Mass Effect would use an especially strict form of DRM which re-authenticated the game every ten days, gamers responded less-than-favorably (judging by the 113-page thread on BioWare’s forums). Now, BioWare has relented on a [...]
Continue reading...Mass Effect Sports SecuROM, Requires Internet Validation Every 10 Days
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The ANGRY Pixel is reporting that over at the BioWare community forums, technical producer Derek French has disclosed that not only will the PC port of Mass Effect require SecuROM validation, but it will continue to require internet authentication at least once every 10 days.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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