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...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...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.
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Strategy Informer spent some time scouring the official Mass Effect forums, and discovered that community manager Jay Watamaniuk has posted the system requirements for the upcoming PC version of the critically-acclaimed elevator simulation.
Continue reading...Monday, March 17, 2008
Last week, Leigh Alexander at Gamasutra and GameSetWatch wrote an article pondering the question of why we, as gamers, are completing fewer games. She outlines the possible reasons for this result. First, though, one needs to accept that gamers are completing fewer games, and I doubt that many gamers would argue with that thesis.
Continue reading...Friday, March 14, 2008
That's right: though the initial Fox News-baiting chapter of this interstellar opera has yet to arrive on our collective desktop monoliths, BioWare told Videogamer.com today that its sequel Mass Effect 2 will arrive on PC not long after the console release:
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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