Andre Yoskowitz
21 Dec 2008 20:17
Electronic Arts, the publisher behind the most pirated game of 2008, Spore, has now released a De-Authorization Tool which it hopes will help quell some of the anger consumers have felt over the game's crippling SecuROM DRM.
The site says:
"By running the de-deauthorization tool, a machine "slot" will be freed up on the online Product Authorization server and can then be re-used by another machine.
You can de-authorize at any time, even without uninstalling Spore, and free up that machine authorization. If you re-launch Spore on the same machine, the game will attempt to re-authorize."
Previously, buyers of the game were stuck with only a few authorizations and lost one each time the game was installed, even after hard drive failure or video card updates.
This is only important to those that have already purchased the game though, because Spore is now available via Steam without any DRM.
Get the tool here: Spore De-Authorization Tool