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Cartoon shootout with Battlefield Heroes

A new chapter in the Battlefield series is coming out soon, and there are free beta keys being handed out, so go over there this instant and get one for yourself!
The new game brings a huge change, instead of going for realism, they went for a cartoon look, which looks pretty stunning I think. Many [...]

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Categories: Games

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Apr 3rd, 2009
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EA De-Authorization Management Tool

Many game companies think that it is a good idea to limit the installations of their games on customer computers. This limit usually ranges between 3 and 5 installations before it cannot be installed anymore. This procedure is part of copy protection schemes that are supposed to block unrighteous installations of the games.
Companies seem to [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 10th, 2008
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EA backpedals on new Securom Protection

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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Categories: Games, Security, The Web

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 8th, 2008
  • Comments: 10

EA to use newest Securom in upcoming games

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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Categories: Games, Security, The Web

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 25th, 2006
  • Comments: None

Remove the Advertising in Games like Battlefield 2142

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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Categories: Entertainment, Games

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