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I have to admit that I’m a little surprised by this anticipation. Mainly because I absolutely hated the original Battlefield 1942 and my opinion of the series didn’t improve any with the successive games in the series. There’s a long standing rivalry between fans of the Call of Duty series and the Battlefield series and I’ve long been . . . → Read More: Games I’m Looking Forward To: “Battlefield 3″ Seems EA is once again trying a potentially controversial promotion for their upcoming game Dante’s Inferno at this year’s Comic Con. They’re hold a contest where the price is a date with a booth babe: Electronic Arts is running a Dante’s Inferno contest at Comic-Con that promises “a sinful night with two hot girls” as . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts wants you to sin with a booth babe at Comic Con. (#Blogathon) One of the best things about The Sims series of games has been how the program could surprise the folks who created the game with things they didn’t realize could happen. I can recall one article I read years ago for one of the games—The Sims 2 I think it was—in which the designers told . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts would do well to promote “Alice and Kev.” It seems any hotly anticipated video game these days is going to end up being pirated weeks before it hits store shelves. That was the case with the heavily DRMed EA game Spore and now it’s the same with The Sims 3 as it appears to already be widely available on torrent sites: The release . . . → Read More: “The Sims 3” hits torrent sites two weeks ahead of its release date. In a blog post on the official The Sims 3 website executive producer Rod Humble has announced that the next outing of the franchise will be reverting to less intrusive forms of copy protection: Hello everyone I wanted to share news with you regarding our copy protection plans for The Sims 3. We’ll have . . . → Read More: EA goes back to serial number copy protection for “The Sims 3.” [Updated: Looks like a forum mod may have overstepped with his statement. According to an article on Kotaku.com getting banned in the forums will NOT affect your ability to login to EA games afterall.] An article over at the Ripten Video Game blog reports on a post by a community moderator in the Command and . . . → Read More: Got banned from Electronic Arts’ forums? You’re banned from their games too. The folks over at Gamasutra.com landed an interview with Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello wherein he claims to hate DRM but says it’s necessary due to piracy. He goes on to address the massive online protest over Spore using SecuROM: “So far, Spore has outsold Sims 2,” he notes. “Commercially, it’s doing very well.” “Everyone . . . → Read More: EA boss on DRM protesters: Half are pirates and the other half are stupid. EA Games Label President Frank Gibeau sent the folks at Kotaku.com a press release about DRM used on Spore which again demonstrates that they just aren’t getting the message. They continue to think the issue is solely about how many installs the game has and they continue to repeat the lie that DRM stops piracy: . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts modifies “Spore” DRM again, but still doesn’t address SecuROM controversy. On the one hand I suppose I should be impressed that Electronic Arts bothered to respond to all the complaints about the SecuROM DRM at all, but the responses they gave to MTV Multiplayer show they still don’t get it: Complaint: A legitimately bought copy of “Spore” can’t be activated on more than three different . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts still doesn’t get it. Responds to DRM controversy in “Spore.” It appears the folks at Electronic Arts are doing everything they can to ensure I never purchase one of their PC games again. Word over on the official support forums for Command and Conquer says that the upcoming Red Alert 3, a sequel to my all-time favorite RTS, will use a slightly more lenient SecuROM . . . → Read More: “Red Alert 3” will also have SecuROM DRM. |
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