DRM Issues Spoil Steam Holiday Sale
Some of those that recently bought GSC Game World's S.TA.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky and Egosoft's X3: Terran Conflict were temporarily unable to activate and play those games, due to reportedly resolved problems with the TAGES-run authentication servers.
Left, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Right, X3: Terran Conflict.
Left, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Right, X3: Terran Conflict.
Both games utilize TAGES DRM to enforce a 5-machine activation limit, and received a resurgence of attention as they were featured in the Steam Holiday Sale. The promotion saw 10-75% discounts on games sold via the PC digital distribution service.
Upon attempting to run either game, first-time players were told that they needed to activate their copy with a serial number. Some attempts were met with a network timeout error, while others, such as Shacker Stucky_101, report they that had no problems.
The issues began cropping up en masse between December 26 and 31... Read more
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