Following a number of high-profile stories of late surrounding the volume of flooding the platform, and sometimes making games inviable, have announced some weighty anti-piracy measures for on the format.

We're told the from will only allow activation on three occasions, while the game will also self-check every 10 days.

SecuROM was apparently used in as well, and it requires the user to call customer services if the game needs to be activated more than three times. The system also re-authenticates the game via the net every 10 days, although you won't require the game disc in at all times to play.

CD key data will however be used, and EA clearly feel this will help prevent the mass piracy seen with releases like Crysis.

More shortly.

By Luke Guttridge