Digital rights management (DRM to you and I) has always been a thorny issue for games, embodied by Diablo III's insistance of an always-on-internet connection, rending the game virtually unplayable fo... Read More
Ubisoft is no stranger to DRM. They've always found unique ways of locking their content to fight piracy, and most of the times it has proved to be futile. Chris Early, Ubisoft’s VP of digital p... Read More
Markus 'Notch' Persson has spoken out against 'futile' DRM efforts by big companies and said that focusing on honest customer is the right way to go about it. There's no way to stop piracy or st... Read More
If you were planning to buy Anno 2070, you should know that it is limited to only 3 activations and if you replace your, say, graphics card more than thrice, you can say goodbye to the game. Now, th... Read More
Piracy is bad. DRM is bad as well, but when it's done like this, it's great. Check out the video which shows what happens when you pirate Serious Sam 3. Croteam has put an immortal scorpion in the g... Read More
Valve and CD Projekt are two of the best PC developers, and it's not surprising that they say the most sensible things. Gabe Newell mentioned earlier that piracy was a "non-issue" to them, and the o... Read More
[caption id="attachment_40917" align="aligncenter" width="505"] I Am Alive[/caption] Ubisoft just don't get it, do they? After throwing all kinds of DRM at PC gamers, they are now saying that they ... Read More
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 receives a 2.6GB patch on the PC and it also removes the DRM. We have to wonder why it took so long for them to remove DRM, since it has been almost a year since the game ... Read More
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike from Capcom does not feature Sony's network DRM. Capcom stated that they made this move because it was necessary for tournaments. Previous Capcom games like Bionic Com... Read More
In case you are late to this whole affair. Diablo 3 requires a persistent online connection, which resulted in a massive outrage in the online communities. It was believed that this move was made to... Read More
[HTML1] Check out the mechanics interview from Driver: San Francisco, courtesy of Gametrailers. You can check out some new gameplay from the game, which shows new cars like Ford Taurus. What do you ... Read More
A persistent online connection is required for authentication as well as playing the game online.
EA and Bioware have come under fire for including hidden DRM measures in the recent release of Dragon Age 2 for PC. According to DRM consumer watchdog Reclaim Your Game, the companies didn't not... Read More
Whilst the steam store page for Assassin's Creed 2 explicitly warns customers about Ubisoft's unpopular DRM system that requires constant internet access, the page for Brotherhood has no mention of ... Read More
According to Cristofer Sundberg, the boss of Avalanche (Just Cause 2), Ubisoft's attempt to stop piracy known as the DRM, is a sign of a "scared" market, and that publishers such as Ubisoft should sta... Read More
Top analyst Nicholas Lovell, founder of Gamesbrief.com, has told PC Zone that DRM only gives pirates a better experience then the honest consumers as it is "too draconian" he continued saying: "There ... Read More
The PC version of Alpha Protocol will be using a DRM like most other PC titles. But in a extensive FAQ post on Sega's message board, it says that the DRM won't be like most Ubisoft titles where a... Read More
Ubisoft's Digital Right Management system isn't exactly a hit among the gamers. As we all know in retaliation to this some naughty people were able to DDOS'd the Ubisoft servers. Now in order to pac... Read More
Valve is beginning to drop titles from the Steam store that are afflicted with Ubisoft's new DRM. According to VG247, among the removed games are Assassins Creed 2 and Silent Hunter V- links to the... Read More
It's been confirmed. The draconian 'stay online the entire time' DRM system used in Assassins Creed 2 is making its way into Conviction, as well as several games in the future. ShackNews confirmed ... Read More
