A digital certificate that expired on Wednesday borked the original Gears of War for PC players; Epic is working up a fix. Meantime, VP Mark Rein has given an explanation and an apology.
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Rein said online cheat detection features in Gears of War for Windows are based on digital signatures. âWe made an embarassing mistake,â he said. âWe signed the executable with a certificate that expired in a way that broke the game.â
Rein said Epic is working with Microsoft to re-sign the binaries properly, and they âhope to have this fixed very soon.
âWe know how much this situation sucks, and we apologize for the inconvenience,â he said.
I just like hearing an executive speaking in my language, for once. This isnât merely inconvenient â leaving the remote control in the kitchen is inconvenient. This sucks. Woo-hoo for calling it like it is, although he still calls it inconvenient, I guess because itâs not a matter of personal safety.
Meantime, Rein suggests backdating your computerâs clock to a date before today in order to play Gears of War.
Again, before you go apeshit in the comments: I put in an erroneous headline and immediately corrected it. If your front page says Gears 2, itâs in error. This concerns original Gears of War only.
