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EA backpedals on new Securom Protection

Posted by Martin in Games, Security, The Web  TAGS in Games, Security, The Web

10

May

Just a day ago we have reported that Electronic Arts had plans to publish some of their upcoming PC blockbuster titles with a new Securom copy protection that would validate the game every ten days online. Failure to validate the game in that time period would have the effect that the game would not start [...]


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EA to use newest Securom in upcoming games

Posted by Martin in Games, Security, The Web  TAGS in Games, Security, The Web

8

May

How would you feel about a game that needs an active Internet connection to verify the serial number ? How about a game that would have to do that every ten days after installation to make sure the serial number was genuine ? How about a game that would stop working after another ten days [...]


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Remove the Advertising in Games like Battlefield 2142

Posted by Martin in Entertainment, Games  TAGS in Entertainment, Games

25

Nov

Ingame advertising will become more common in the next years. One of the first games that makes extensive use of ingame advertisement is EA Games Battlefield 2142. Once connected to the server it displays ads in the game that are displayed by a calculation of variables like your geolocation or time you did spend looking at an ad.


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