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    The Witcher Patch Removes DRM, Adds Adventure

    Dragon Age To Be SecuROM-Free

    EA Releases Tool To Bypass SecuROM Limitations

    Stardock's Answer To DRM: Goo

    No DRM For The Sims 3

    New Steamworks Feature "Makes DRM Obsolete"

    Creative Assembly: Fighting Piracy Is Pointless

    Federal Trade Commission Weighs In On DRM – Gamers, Speak Up

    Prince Of Persia PC To Be DRM-Free

    Peering Inside Game Piracy: Measures and Countermeasures
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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    07/08/09

    In reply to The Witcher Patch Removes DRM, Adds Adventure
    Wait. Is the console version officially canned?? Damn! I was hoping for this to come out later this year to tide me over till Mass Effect 2 comes knocking...


    Any news on that or did I just miss the memo?

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    Image of Str8_Jihadin Str8_Jihadin
    07/08/09

    In reply to The Witcher Patch Removes DRM, Adds Adventure
    I haven't finished the game yet and now I have a reason to go back!


    Solid game by the way.

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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    07/08/09

    In reply to The Witcher Patch Removes DRM, Adds Adventure
    I wish I could get past the title, but it bugs me to no end.


    Do they mean it like "Stop that man! He's Witching that poor elderly lady!" or "At first, I was moderately Witchy. But since then, I've become far Witcher than before."

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    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    07/08/09

    @ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: I think you'll find that I am considerwabbly Witcher, than yow.


    (In case no one gets the olde english reference).

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    Image of ReconToaster misses garnett :( ReconToaster misses garnett :(
    05/04/09

    In reply to Dragon Age To Be SecuROM-Free
    Ugh, that's possibly the worst form of DRM in my mind. I never understood why Secu-rom was thought to be so terrible. I agree that it's only harmful to legit consumers, but I think its effects are dramatized.


    This, however, is just annoying. It really bugs me when I have to put my games in... it's just something I've gotten used to not doing, and I hate having cases clutter up my desk.


    Anyways, I'm sure this will be on Steam, so it's really not a problem. STEAM FTW!

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    Image of Sweetz Sweetz
    05/04/09

    In reply to Dragon Age To Be SecuROM-Free
    And what exactly is EA's company line in regard to this. Has the state of PC game piracy drastically changed? Or did they realize that limited online authentication did nothing to curb it while driving legitimate customers away?


    Once, just once, I'd really like to see a company own up to their stupidity.

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    Image of Shin-san Shin-san
    05/04/09

    @Sweetz: I wonder if it's up to Bioware or EA.
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    05/04/09

    @Shin-san: It's up to EA. They're doing the same with the Sims 3 which like it or not is a massive franchise for them. They've learned their lesson now it seems.
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    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    05/04/09

    In reply to Dragon Age To Be SecuROM-Free
    Consider me sold.
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    Image of Comatose Turtle Comatose Turtle
    05/04/09

    @TaggarT6 trips the light fantastic:
    Me as well. This is a major factor determining whether or not I purchase PC games these days.


    One of these days I may get around to buying Spore, but it's just so much work to have to buy it and then get a cracked version to avoid ever allowing SecuROM onto my PC (the box will remain sealed forever).
    Good on EA for allowing this.

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    Image of Str8_Jihadin Str8_Jihadin
    05/04/09

    In reply to Dragon Age To Be SecuROM-Free
    Good.


    Now do the same for Mass Effect 2!

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    Image of Comatose Turtle Comatose Turtle
    03/31/09

    In reply to EA Releases Tool To Bypass SecuROM Limitations
    So I guess I'm still out of luck, since it's my computer's habit to periodically eject my hard drive across the room. Not much time to deauthorize my games mid-flight.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    03/31/09

    In reply to EA Releases Tool To Bypass SecuROM Limitations
    It's past midnight here so APRIL FOOLS ON YOU ALL, SUCKAS!
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    Image of Lazureus Lazureus
    03/31/09

    @ShadowOdin, representing the people of Malmö, Sweden:

    Definitely sounds to good to be true.. doesn't it...
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    03/31/09

    @Lazureus: I am a person against any form of required internet-connection to activate, while I think it's pretty nice if they did, I still wouldn't be very grateful for EA.

    On the other hand, if it is a joke, then they are dicks.
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    Image of Nirach Nirach
    03/31/09

    In reply to EA Releases Tool To Bypass SecuROM Limitations
    Step in the right direction.


    A baby step, sure, but better than nothing.

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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    03/31/09

    In reply to EA Releases Tool To Bypass SecuROM Limitations
    PHH. who cares about mass effect? They've finallt removed the DRM on The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff! HALLIEUA!
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    Image of flukielukie flukielukie
    03/31/09

    In reply to EA Releases Tool To Bypass SecuROM Limitations
    You mean a massive crack?


    SecuROM really was a stupid idea.

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    Image of supo supo
    03/31/09

    @flukielukie: Yes it was. I can no longer play Crysis: Warhead that I legitimately bought right when it was released. Why? Because overclocking my CPU means I've used up one of those installs! And I get treated to a message that says "Please purchase another license to play this game". No mention of a support number I can call or anything. I'm obviously in the wrong here.


    So I decided to use a no-cd crack instead. Works great now!

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    Image of Sir Cabbage Hands Sir Cabbage Hands
    03/31/09

    In reply to EA Releases Tool To Bypass SecuROM Limitations
    Littlest Pet Shop? Really? Correct if i'm wrong but I don't think little girls know what DRM is.
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    Image of FightingChance FightingChance
    03/31/09

    @tdreher: No, but they know what sharing is.


    And sharing is wrong.

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    Image of Comatose Turtle Comatose Turtle
    03/31/09

    @FightingChance: Unless you're some kind of Communist.
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    Image of TSFMfest - not funny TSFMfest - not funny
    03/27/09

    In reply to Stardock's Answer To DRM: Goo
    Dear Stardock,


    I love you.

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    Image of 超外人 超外人
    03/27/09

    In reply to Stardock's Answer To DRM: Goo
    Ah, it took some time but it seems Stardock finally got their plan in motion. I have to say I'm a bit skeptical about this new activation thing. I'm willing to give them a chance though, they really know how to make you value buying a game instead of treating you like a thief.

    <3 Stardock

    Too bad I think some publishers will hate them for the reselling aspect, but we'll see what happens.
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