EA Patches Spore, Eases DRM

EA has released the first patch for Spore, the purpose of which is to fix a number of bugs and tweak some gameplay settings to be more entertaining. Some of the visual effects were upgraded as well. They've also officially responded to the complaints about Spore's DRM, stating their intention to increase the number of allowed installations to five and to set up a system to "de-authorize" systems in order to reclaim the installation credit. They plan to allow multiple screen names per account, which was an issue for many families trying to play the game. This comes not long after EA made similar changes to the DRM of upcoming RTS Red Alert 3, and after Spore's DRM protest spread to in-game creature designs. Reader SoopahMan notes that users in EA's Spore tech support forum are reporting a number of new issues caused by the patch.

Comments

Re:Still a shallow, tedious clickfest

[Anonymous Coward]

So the DRM is gone

Read the summary again. Or at least the full title.

Hey it WAS "ERASES DRM" but they eased the the "R"!

Re:How gracious of them

[CSMatt]

The next one to have the limited Activation stench is Crysis:Warhead.

I wouldn't worry, since no one is going to be able to run the game anyway.

Obligatory Star Wars quote:

[Lank]

C3PO: Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances! The Empire may be gracious enough to...

(Han nods at Leia who promptly turns him off)

Re:Obligatory Star Wars quote:

[Froboz23]

"The more you tighten your grip, EA, the more customers will slip through your fingers."