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Gears of War PC digital certificate expires, kills game

Users on the Gears of War official forums are reporting that the digital certificates for the game have expired, as of 28th January 2009. This means that the game will not launch at a system date post-28th Jan.
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Published: 324 days 13 hours ago | News | Gaming | PC
 
 

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meepmoopmeep - 324 days 13 hours ago
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owned!
errr... not owned
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JsonHenry - 324 days 13 hours ago
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So just torrent the damn thing. GoW was not that great anyway.
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kazuma - 324 days 13 hours ago
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you can say that again.
both of you.
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va_bank - 324 days 12 hours ago
1.3 - You know...
I actually paid for the game. Spent 50% of the time playing and the other 50% tweaking .INI files, because game ran like sh!t. Finally, got it to run perfect, highest res, highest level of detail. Unfortunately, by the time it was done, I was at the last boss fight.

That's what I get for NOT pirating it.
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JasonXE - 324 days 11 hours ago
1.4 - good
shouldn't have been on the pc anyway.
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likedamaster - 324 days 5 hours ago
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Bought it, loved it, (got a quick fix) still love it. Gears PC looks really good, trumps most games out there including Crysis.

Some had trouble cuz it "ran like crap", I would say get a better rig - you got it for Crysis! LOL. Mine runs beautifully with everything turned up.

Unfortunately it was handed over to another company who ported it over to PC, regardless it still looks and plays awesome. Hopefully they'll come with a fix soon. Or else my system clock will never be right. ;)
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Elvfam511 - 324 days 13 hours ago
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That is retarded really doesn't affect the pirate users but the people who brought it that makes sense
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Huh - 324 days 13 hours ago
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wow that is so sad
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Ghoul - 324 days 13 hours ago
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fail
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DX F3NIX - 324 days 12 hours ago
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EPIC FAIL.....
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Rapture333 - 324 days 3 hours ago
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"Epic" Fail indeed
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RedVsBlue - 324 days 12 hours ago
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Maybe Epic was not expecting all of the Gears Of War: 2 hate & they were hoping that no one would notice this lol
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greeneggsnsam - 324 days 12 hours ago
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They'll likely fix it if people kick up enough stink about it.
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devilhunterx - 324 days 12 hours ago
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CHAINSAWED!!
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uckitsayitchbay - 324 days 11 hours ago
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PWND!!!
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Dawn_Of_Ashes - 324 days 11 hours ago
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and if you change the date of your computer?
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M337ING - 324 days 11 hours ago
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It'll work. Temporary fix-around
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Superted2007 - 324 days 11 hours ago
10 - CRAP!
I just got my new xbox 360 controller for windows today and ordered this yesterday from Play! Thank god I seen this and cancelled my order and I will pirate instead! Ridiculous though I almost bought a dud game!
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DX F3NIX - 324 days 10 hours ago
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Although I don’t condone piracy, people should just do it just this one time to stick it to Epic and for all there flaws in the game and screw ups...
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fan_of_gaming - 324 days 10 hours ago
12 - digital certificates
how do u check when they expire? i also have World In Conflict which is a Games For Windows game and i would like to know if it is supposed to expire too or not. Thanks to anyone who can help.
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M337ING - 324 days 10 hours ago
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World in Conflict doesn't use Live, so you should be ok.
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fan_of_gaming - 324 days 10 hours ago
12.2 - o alright
i was just going by the box which says "Games for Windows" lol. Thanks for the response.
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kickaski - 324 days 8 hours ago
13 - lol
Microsoft's PC support is worthless, maybe it was the former head of the GFW who did this as revenge for being laid off
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likedamaster - 324 days 5 hours ago
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LOL. It's a possibility but also a serious thing.
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dchalfont - 324 days 7 hours ago
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don't you just love drm....i miss the good old days, when you install a game, enter the cd key...and that was that, what happens when you computer is formatted and you want to install it again you ask?, you enter the same cd key...and the game installs...., i was thinking about buying gears on pc the other day, if it had stopped working after like 2 days i think i would have gone skitz at eb games...
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