In more ON-TOPiC security news, we can 100% confirm that Electronic Arts (EA) is at it again! A few years back, they attempted to combat PS2 piracy by introducing what became known as "EA Checks" to their PS2 line. Titles with this added anti-piracy protection required a seperate "EA" boot method using many 12c508-based chips as well as "EA" Patches to circumvent the security in place.

These days, it appears EA is targeting those who rip PS2 DVD game discs by introducing a new form of "EA Checks" which renders ripped DVDs (without the protection removed) useless to those using both SWAP/CHIP- based methods for playing their game back-ups. 

Thus far, only a few release groups have managed to detect and successfully bypass these new checks... present and proven defeated in the following 'working' DVD Rip releases containing them:

MVP_Baseball_2004_USA_PS2-PARADOX
Fight_Night_2004_PAL_MULTI3_DVDRiP_PS2-MUPS2
Fight_Night_2004_USA_PS2-KALISTO 

More NEWS on this as it becomes available as always- you heard it here first!