Mass Effect, Spore "Draconian" Online Check Removed (Partially)

10 May

Posted by Rajiv Ashrafi as Action, Business, News, PC, RPG, Simulation

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Unsurprisingly, the revelation of Mass Effect and Spore’s DRM, which was described as being “draconian” by many, caused uproar among fans. The DRM would require online validation every 10 days in order for the games to continue functioning.

Fortunately, that won’t be the case anymore, as EA and BioWare both announced today that it has removed the strict validation, saying that it will only be required when the player downloads new game content or patches.

Spore’s copy protection will similarly be changed to allow for offline play. The publisher additionally notes that the protection will allow users to authenticate each game on up to three computers. Approval of further authorizations will be handled by EA customer support on a case-by-case basis.

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4 Responses

tom

May 10th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
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Draconian? only Draconian is people like digitalbattle who want to pirate games.
pathetic just pathetic your headline ‘Draconian’
tom

May 10th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
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You said (Patrick Melwood: I.a m quiet interrested,and would you send this game to me if you please! i’m Nokia9300,mobile)

You are a piracy thief? go get a JOB
talis

May 11th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
3

LOL it has nothing to do with pirating games, think if you took a vacation to your grandmas house for Christmas and she didnt have Internet for laptop to revalidate. Its measures in futility. They can’t raise the bar to the point were its to costly to deter pirating, the only viable option they have is to make some very appealing featured only accessable through subscription or some form after they get you hooked on an already great game. People pirate cause they dont want to blow 50$ on a game that very well could be a pos like so many games these days.
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May 12th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
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