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Old 01-30-2009, 09:49 PM   #1
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Gears of War - Unplayable after 1/28 - disabled by DRM

If you have the PC version of Gears of War...it looks like its DRM disables the game after 1/28/09 for no apparent reason.

http://consumerist.com/5142752/gears...n-after-012809
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Old 01-31-2009, 01:06 PM   #3
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Was this intentional or an accident? The posters in that forum seem to think it was intentional.

If it was an accident, cant they do a patch to correct the problem?

I guess you never really own software, its more like a lease technically. So apparently they can shut it down if they wish?
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Old 02-02-2009, 07:29 AM   #4
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Looks like an unintentional flub:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2...te-not-drm.ars
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