Players can now pre-order the PC version of Spore from the EA Store and pre-load the game to be one of the first gamers to get their hands on the long-awaited title. The game is currently set for a September 5 launch in Europe, and a September 7 release in North America.
Once you pay and pre-order Spore from the EA Store, you will see the game in your EA Download Manager. You will then be able to download 99 percent of the game to your PC. Once launch day rolls around, that one percent will open up; after that, it's only going to take about 30-60 minutes before the installation is complete and you can begin to conquer the galaxy with your unique creations.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed was released officially on April, 8, 2007; but it was available on warez and p2p sites about 2 months before that.
Needless to say, Ubisoft - who wasn't very happy with it - spent the past few months tracking the leak back to its source before filing a law suit against him.
Ubisoft managed to track the leak back to Charlotte, North Carolina-based Optical Experts Manufacturing (OEM), the company that it had contracted to reproduce copies of the game disc.
According to Ubisoft, OEM's "extraordinary breach of trust and gross negligence" allowed one of the company's employees to take a copy of the game home and leaking it to the internet. This happened because OEM ignored the security procedures they agreed to abide by.
In addition to sales lost to piracy, Ubisoft also claims that the leaked hurt their reputation. As a security precaution, Ubisoft included an intentional bug that caused the game to crash halfway through. The bug was then removed from the retail version, but it still made it way to several online reviews and spread through word of mouth, causing an "irreparable harm" to Ubisoft's reputation.
According to Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed was illegally downloaded more than 700,000 times, but sold 40,000 units only in the 2 months following it US release.
Ubisoft is suing OEM for copyright infringement, breach of contract, and negligence. It is asking for damages and legal fees relating to all three claims, in the amount of no less than $20 million.
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Needless to say, Ubisoft - who wasn't very happy with it - spent the past few months tracking the leak back to its source before filing a law suit against him.
Ubisoft managed to track the leak back to Charlotte, North Carolina-based Optical Experts Manufacturing (OEM), the company that it had contracted to reproduce copies of the game disc.
According to Ubisoft, OEM's "extraordinary breach of trust and gross negligence" allowed one of the company's employees to take a copy of the game home and leaking it to the internet. This happened because OEM ignored the security procedures they agreed to abide by.
In addition to sales lost to piracy, Ubisoft also claims that the leaked hurt their reputation. As a security precaution, Ubisoft included an intentional bug that caused the game to crash halfway through. The bug was then removed from the retail version, but it still made it way to several online reviews and spread through word of mouth, causing an "irreparable harm" to Ubisoft's reputation.
According to Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed was illegally downloaded more than 700,000 times, but sold 40,000 units only in the 2 months following it US release.
Ubisoft is suing OEM for copyright infringement, breach of contract, and negligence. It is asking for damages and legal fees relating to all three claims, in the amount of no less than $20 million.
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