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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. Rootkitting is a-okay for cheat protection by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just like rootkitting is okay for sptd to hide my emulated cd from game copy protection software.

    If the anti-cheat software causes problems or doesn't provide a completely clean uninstaller, you have valid arguments.

    But any good anti-cheat system will HAVE to behave as a rootkit to be any good. And online games without anti-cheat systems are truely useless.