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No 10 Day Reauthentication for Spore

Ameer | May 10, 2008 | News | PC Company Misc 
Following the announcement that Mass Effect will not be using the almost Orwellian modified SecuROM authentication protection, Spore, EA's other big game has been changed as well. SecuROM will still be used, but in a modified reauthentication process that only checks on installation and when the online function is first used.

The positives that can be brought from this announcement apart from the obvious are that this new process will not require a CD in order to play after installation. It's welcome, even though it's possible to download cracked .exes for virtually any PC game released.
Despite some hand-wringing by fans, EA today announced that their hugely anticipated Will Wright game Spore will not make use of SecuROM's 10-day periodic re-authetication and instead use a modified version to require online authentication.

The announcement comes on the heels of news that Mass Effect will also be ditching the ten day re-authentication.

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    Capn Droid | May 10, 2008
    Well, works for me....
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    kik36 | May 12, 2008
    It's a much better solution than what they were looking to do earlier.

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