[casual_games] More good news on Vista!

[Alex St. John]

Our QA labs are doing a light test sweep of the major casual gaming portals to see which ones are impacted severely by Vista.  It looks like Microsoft managed to break Trymedia DRM with Vista so it's likely that most if not all Trymedia wrapped games are broken under Vista.  This is consistent with our analaysis that at least 50% of the casual games currently posted on the major gaming portals are broken.  Our labs also report that RealArcade itself is broken by Vista.  If I'm not mistaken all the casual games hosted by Oberon on MSN are based on Trymedia DRM.  It will be interesting to see if Microsofts own casual game offering is actually Vista ready. 
   
  Since a lot of small developers don't appear to have access to Vista builds yet we suggest that you try your games under a Windows XP LUA account.  If it breaks there, it certainly breaks in Vista.
   
  -Alex
   
        
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                      ActiveMARK Windows Vista Communication 
          
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    Dear WildTangent ,
  You should have received the communication below on December 27, 2006. If you have not yet had a chance to respond, we urge you to do so by January 15, 2007. Should you have any questions about the below, please contact: AM_Vista at macrovision.com.
  Microsoft® has released the Windows Vista operating system to manufacturing. It includes many new security enhancements which impact security-oriented technology such as Macrovision’s ActiveMARK™. To continue providing our customers with the best DRM solution for Windows Vista, we have been working closely with Microsoft to develop a new version of ActiveMARK and to evaluate the impact of Windows Vista on products packaged with previous versions of ActiveMARK. 
  We are writing to advise you of the current status of our technology in the context of Windows Vista and request that you verify your unprotected application(s) are compatible with Windows Vista and perform to your satisfaction.
  Games packaged with ActiveMARK versions 5.5 and earlier are known to be incompatible with Windows Vista due to increased security features in the operating system. We have worked with Microsoft to develop a strategy to address this issue as it relates to games packaged with previous versions of ActiveMARK.
  For all new packaging projects we strongly recommend that you use ActiveMARK 2007 to help ensure your titles are compatible with Windows Vista. ActiveMARK 2007 has been engineered to conform to the new security features built into Microsoft Vista. If your game cannot be repackaged in ActiveMARK 2007, we will provide you with a process that can enable protected products to work in Windows Vista on a per-game basis. 
  Our initial testing has shown that some unprotected applications do not run properly on Windows Vista due to issues independent of ActiveMARK. Consequently, we are requesting that you test all of your current titles in an unprotected state on Windows Vista (Build 6000 RTM) as a Standard User. After you complete these tests, send your feedback to http://mktg.macrovision.com/mk/get/AM_VISTA. 
  Please try to complete all testing and send feedback by January 15, 2007. This will help us compile our broader scoping of affected titles. Your prompt feedback at http://mktg.macrovision.com/mk/get/AM_VISTA will allow us to better support you. During this transition, we will be following up again with additional best practices for Windows Vista. 
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