[Cyber Lord]

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Gamers who tried to play Gears Of War on their PCs yesterday were in for a big surprise as the (legitimately obtained) game refused to run.

As part of the game's protection, it checks a digital certificate each time the game launches. Apparently, the certificate was set to expired on January 28, 2009, less than 15 months after the its official launch on November 6, 2007.

As of now, the game is unplayable unless you set your PC clock to an older date, or use a game crack. EPIC has already acknowledged the problem, but still doesn't promise any quick fixes. "We have been notified of the issue and are working with Microsoft to get it resolved," a super moderator posted on the official forum. "Sorry for any problems related to this. I'll post more once we have a resolution."

Needless to say, the problem applies only to legit customers who didn't use a No-CD fix.

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Pirates FTW!

[Tarakan]

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Not the first problem running legit games. I have seen problems with Securom and legit games.
Actually quite funny - they spend lots and lots of money to protect against piracy and then the same system backfires, so legit owners have to get a crack.

[supjay]

I remember ubisoft posting a reloaded crack for rainbow 6 vegas2 in their forums as a fix....LOL

[qiqi1021]

Can you say FAIL?

I don't understand why they would place that digital certificate check there in the first place, it only screws legitimate users...