Gears of War PC Pulls a Zune, Just Stops
Gears of War PC Pulls a Zune, Just Stops
Posted 01/30/2009 at 7:58pm
| by Nathan Grayson
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Maybe the aliens only hate Microsoft? After the company’s recent red ring around the rosy of ker-splosions, the idea's certainly not implausible. And now, a new player's bumbling onto the stage: the Games for Windows edition of Epic’s Gears of War.
Apparently, the game’s digital certificate walked toward the light on January 28, causing players to receive the following error message: "You cannot run the game with modified executable code. Please reinstall the game."
Microsoft and Epic are, as expected, staying up long past their bedtimes in order to mop up this mess, but have yet to give an ETA for their fix.
“Yes, this was a surprise to us too,” said Epic Games programmer “joeGraf.” “We aren’t casting blame or chewing anyone out. We’re trying to figure out how and why it happened so we can get it fixed.”
For now though, good ol’ Dr. Internet’s prescribed a simple remedy: set your system clock to any date before January 29, 2009.
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jihnn
February 01, 2009 at 6:34am
just imagine your on the dev team giving high 5's feeling good for a job well done maybe getting a little extra in the ol pay check job well done thanks guys
hahahha then the first call comes in, then another and another, then all hell breaks loose hahahah they just stare at one another
this is great wish i was part of it life is good
winmaster
January 31, 2009 at 4:42pm
They're actually telling people to set their clocks back to before January 29th. That's like when that one company (can't remember who) cut the last digit of their serial numbers off and they told people to guess the last number.
BTW: January 29th must be a bad day for the tech industry. On that day, AVG got an update that cripples it on some computers.
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BaggerX
January 31, 2009 at 9:57am
Once again, legitimate customers get screwed over by DRM. It's a wonder anyone still bothers to pay for games when the pirated versions almost always work better and are less trouble. Maybe someday publishers will learn...
hawkeye88
January 31, 2009 at 9:31am
I loved this game, yet it has its problems, ie: Game for Windows Live update bug, new idea instead of running the game and having games live running out of that have games for live run as a stand alone program lke steam, then launch a games for windows game out of there.
Bravo_18
January 31, 2009 at 8:12am
I find it funny after reading an article where Microsoft considers the PC as a great platform for games...
and this is what people get...ha.hahaha....
they should have beta tested it more...before releasing it on PC...
Antilogic81
January 31, 2009 at 7:15pm
Genius, it's not the game that's the problem...
What is it with the dense peanut gallery always talking the most? I mean it says it right there, and nothing about it says the game was the problem...or that it needed beta testing. You really need to read the whole article before you start opening your mouth.
Here is my last favor...it had to do with certificates...authentication protocols...that should have clued you in...Because the same certificate - authetication protocol whatever you want to call it, is used for all GFW game titles.
Brock Kane
January 31, 2009 at 3:12am
I was really freaked out when this happened. Thought it was problems with my PC at first. Glad to know it's not!
But they need to fix this soon. Tired of changing my date back on my PC to run the game.
Sh-- happens! Let's move on!
- brock
fsm1000
January 31, 2009 at 1:39am
As for "does anyone still play this game"? Yes many of us still do.
I found it in the bargain bin and decided to try it out. I liked it.
xs0u1x
January 30, 2009 at 10:28pm
doubt it.
i played gears for a good half hour and didnt really like the gameplay anyways.
Antilogic81
January 30, 2009 at 10:59pm
Yeah the game is hard for some people.
As for your doubt it's misplaced, there aren't too many games that sell well after they have been on a console first for a number of years, nor do they have the popularity, mostly because by the time it's released there is better stuff out there on the PC. Most people are playing GoW2 on the 360 if they are playing a Gear game. Easy to get a match on that...not to mention there are a lot of other FPSs vying for dominance on the PC...many good one's fall under the radar.
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