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New PC Games Require Online Validation Every 10 Days? - TechAmok
New PC Games Require Online Validation Every 10 Days? - [gaming] 05:16 PM EDT - May,06 2008 - (1 comments) BioWare technical producer Derek French has said that the
PC versions of both Mass Effect and Spore will make use of copy protection
that will require online validation every ten days to continue working.
According to French, Maxis' Spore will also make use of the same scheme:
"[Electronic Arts] is ready for us and getting ready for Spore, which will use
the same system." French also noted that the online requirement will be
clearly labeled on the games' packaging.
Mass Effect uses SecuROM and requires an online activation for the first time
that you play it. Each copy of Mass Effect comes with a CD Key which is used for
this activation and for registration here at the BioWare Community. Mass Effect
does not require the DVD to be in the drive in order to play, it is only for
installation. After the first activation, SecuROM requires that it re-check with
the server within ten days (in case the CD Key has become public/warez'd and
gets banned). Just so that the 10 day thing doesn't become abrupt, SecuROM tries
its first re-check with 5 days remaining in the 10 day window. If it can't
contact the server before the 10 days are up, nothing bad happens and the game
still runs. After 10 days a re-check is required before the game can run.
Well, I guess I won't be buying Mass Effect and Spore then. |
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(06:01 PM EDT - May,06 2008) - devilhood | This is outrageous... I was looking forward to buying Spore, but PURELY because of these rediculous copy protection I am going to avoid it like the plague. | |
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