The “Break it Down” Blog

Atari Hates Gamers – Riddick Locked to 3 Install Limit

Looks like some buzz going around the net that the DRM used on Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena for the PC (by Atari) is hard-locked to 3 install counts and then the game will not install again. (Thread 1, Thread 2) Early indications suggest that there isn’t even an support number to call to [...]

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Alone in the Dark PS3, Renamed and Revamp for the Better

When the advanced physics and materials engine was demoed for Alone in the Dark (360) last year, we got really excited. Bringing the AITD story back to live with really cutting edge engine design along with some really interesting game-design elements like the “look in my coat” real-time inventory system as well as the DVD [...]

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Anti-Piracy Chip to Stop PC Piracy

Atari’s Nolan Bushnell give’s a blurb: Speaking at yesterday’s Wedbush Morgan Securities annual Management Access Conference, the Atari founder suggested that game piracy will soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new chip. “There is a stealth encryption chip called a TPM that is going on the motherboards of most of the computers that [...]

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