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Myst Online: Uru Live Returns As Free-To-Play 58

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday February 17, 2010 @04:46AM from the uru-is-dead-long-live-uru dept.

agrif writes "Shorah b'shemtee! Uru Live has been released for free, as a first step towards opening its source. This game, an MMO released by the makers of Myst and Riven in 2003, has been canceled, zombified, resurrected, canceled again, and is now about to be released as open source to its dedicated fan base. Massively has written a brief newbie guide if you're unfamiliar with the game."

Comment A matter of time (Score 1) 819

by andrewcaveman on Thursday February 11, 2010 @03:35PM (#31103470) Attached to: Anti-Piracy Windows 7 Update Phones Home Quarterly

I would think that it would be a matter of time that someone would write a virus, that once a Windows 7 machine was infected, it would send the valid users license key to the Internet, then cycle the Windows 7 key to one that is black listed in the MS database. That would be a nightmare scenario. I thought about getting a copy for gaming, but I guess I will stick to Linux and whatever can run on codeweavers.