“Spore” gets a shitload of 1 star ratings due to DRM.

By , on 8 September, 2008

Out of the (currently) 230 reviews for Spore at Amazon.com some 199 of them are 1 star and the comments make it clear this is due entirely to the SecuROM DRM. Some of the comments include insights such as:

This type of DRM with not stand, man

Do not treat your customers as “Criminals First”. . . . → Read More: “Spore” gets a shitload of 1 star ratings due to DRM.

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“Spore” already cracked and available through Bittorrent.

By , on 3 September, 2008

The folks over at Game Viper are reporting that Spore has already been cracked:

After news of Spore breaking the street date in Australia, we hear that Spore has already been cracked by a group called “RELOADED” despite it’s use of SecuROM, the anti-pirating software. (the same one used in BioShock) There are currently over . . . → Read More: “Spore” already cracked and available through Bittorrent.

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E.A. goes for the “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature” argument.

By , on 21 August, 2008

Apparently there was a small bug in the Tiger Woods ‘08 golf simulation which allowed Tiger Woods to walk on water. Someone using the nick Levinator25 filmed the glitch and posted it to YouTube as the “Jesus Shot.” EA noticed the video and responded with one of their own:

Gotta admit, that’s pretty funny.

. . . → Read More: E.A. goes for the “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature” argument.

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“The Sims 3” teaser website is up.

By , on 6 March, 2008

The next sequel to the best selling PC game of all time has been announced by the folks at Electronic Arts with a new The Sims 3 Teaser Website. There’s not much there at the moment, but they promise all will be revealed on March 19th.

If you can’t wait that long and happen to . . . → Read More: “The Sims 3” teaser website is up.

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Fans of “The Sims 2” pissed off about SecuROM on latest releases.

By , on 14 October, 2007

Well it looks like I won’t be buying anymore expansion packs for The Sims 2 as it seems Electronic Arts has switched from using SafeDisk to the much hated SecurROM not too long ago. It seems fans started to notice problems with the release of the Bon Voyage expansion pack and the official forums have . . . → Read More: Fans of “The Sims 2” pissed off about SecuROM on latest releases.

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