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NCSoft Drops GameGuard From Western Launch of Aion

Posted by Soulskill on from the they-can-be-taught dept.

chalkyj writes "NCSoft has announced that they will be dropping GameGuard from the western launch of their upcoming MMORPG, Aion. The flawed Korean anti-cheat software has been heavily criticized for employing root-kit like techniques and conflicting with many hardware configurations. The final straw is thought to have been the stability issues experienced by players during open beta and the community outcry it caused. The decision makes Aion, which recently announced over 400,000 western pre-orders, a real contender in the western MMO market."

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  1. gameguard by proxy by girlintraining · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I have a friend who was part of the closed beta for this game. Besides the game looking awesome, it was a frequent source of problems for the testers, who often couldn't get into the game, or register new characters, or in some cases the game just flat out refused to run, no errors. Apparently, NCSoft got enough of these complaints to drop it from the release version.

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    #fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
  2. Re:Poor Summary by sopssa · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I agree. Seems people just like to throw "DRM" word around because of its bad image here on slashdot.

    GameGuard is anticheating software that protects the game from various hacking tools and methods same way that PunkBuster and VAC are. It's just a lot more invasive and is mainly used in Asian games.

    WoW and other gamers are quite easy to make hacking tools to too, but players reporting cheaters to gamemasters and the fact one account costs whole new game limits it goodly.