Gaming Gears of War DRM screwup makes PC version unplayable

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Gamers who tried to play Gears of War on the PC Thursday ran into a slight snag: it seems that the digital certificate that allows the game to run expired on January 28, 2009. Basically that means if you keep your PC's clock up to date, you can no longer play the game. The official Epic forum is ablaze with complaints about this issue, as the still-kicking community becomes enraged.

"I had this problem this evening, I had to change the date and time (from PM to AM) and I am able to get in just fine," one frustrated gamer posted. "I also changed it back to the current date and time and it didn't work. Change it back to yesterday AM and it works fine... EPIC games won't be on my list anytime soon...."

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Glad to see a bunch of a negative-DRM stuff in the news lately. :thup:
 
Good, maybe the players will find a decent game to play now! :thup:

Haha, nah in all reality someone is more than likely going to be in lots of trouble over this.
 
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