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EA Releases Tool To Bypass SecuROM Limitations
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Publisher Electronic Arts has released a De-Authorization Management Tool for PC gamers afflicted with one of its many catalog titles packaged with SecuROM for digital rights management. This is for you, disgruntled Mass Effect owner. More »
Culture
Dance Dance Remote Control
7:00AM Luke Plunkett | Dance Dance Revolution is great. If you like dancing. If not, its applications are somewhat limited. Note we say somewhat, though, and not totally, as you can still use it to drive… Windows Media Centre. More »
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Is Your Copy Of Gears Of War PC Busted? Here’s Why
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Owners of the “Games For Windows” release of Gears Of War have found themselves unable to play the game they own today. The reason? An expired Windows digital certificate, which went digitally sour yesterday. More »
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Microsoft: Windows Still a ‘First-Class Gaming Platform’
6:00AM Brian Crecente | Despite deep cuts into Microsoft’s gaming division, the company says today they remain dedicated to Windows as a “first-class gaming platform.” More »
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So Which Is Faster: XP, Vista Or Windows 7?
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Windows 7 is out and up for download, provided you’re OK with using a beta operating system. It promises a raft of improvements over Windows Vista, but how’s it shaping up for games?
The Last Remnant Gets Windowsed In Spring
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Square Enix’s “strategically sound, technically flawed” role-playing game The Last Remnant is coming to Games for Windows in the Spring, the company announced today. Expect “features previously not available” on the Xbox 360 version. More »
Spiders, Spirit Jawas And Elf Cleavage – X-Blades Screens For you
8:20AM Stuart Houghton | A pleasing dollop of screen finery from cross-platform gunblade romp X-Blades. More »
Galcon – The First Must-Have iPhone Game?
12:20PM Stuart Houghton | The iPhone as the ultimate portable gaming platform – discuss. More »
Why No Gears Of War 2 For PC? Well, Piracy For One
6:30AM Michael McWhertor | Epic Games won’t be bringing Gears of War 2 to the PC. That’s their story and they’re stickin’ to it. It’s “definitely” not happening, swears designer Cliff Bleszinski, pointing to a worsening PC gaming environment. “The person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who is savvy enough to know [BitTorrent] to know all the elements so they can pirate software,” says Bleszinski. “Therefore, high-end videogames are suffering very much on the PC.” Hmph! Thanks a lot, assholes. Oh, not you, Cliff. We were talking to the dude stealing your game. Gears Of War 2 – Cliff Bleszinski Q&A [TVG] More »
