Ubisoft: DRM issues “regrettable,” claims to have resolved it quickly as possible
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
Ubisoft wants to provide a lot of value to PC gamers and ditch DRM
Ubisoft's DRM measures on the PC are something that plenty of PC gamers know about and dislike. It also greatly inconveniences legitimate customers, but Ubisoft's digital head Chris Early outlined... Read More
Notch: DRM efforts are just “evil companies trying to control information”
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
Mass Effect 3’s Origin DRM “is not intrusive”; you don’t have to be online all the time- BioWare
It was announced a little while back that EA won't be supporting Steam with Mass Effect 3, and that it will be released only on their portal -- Origin. BioWare has now announced that Mass Effect 3 w... Read More
Ubisoft responds to the latest DRM controversy: “There simply is no way to bypass that. We also do not have 7 copies of the game for you”
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
Ubisoft DRM limits GPU changes to three
You can't change the graphics card in your PC more than thrice or your favourite Ubisoft game may stop working - Anno 2070 in this specific case. Ubisoft has been rejected by the PC community a l... Read More
This is what happens when you pirate Serious Sam 3; DRM done right
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
CD Projekt: “DRM does not work,” offering “high value product” is the better alternative; reveals piracy numbers
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
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations to Feature DRM on PC
This is not a surprising move but Rock Paper Shotgun has confirmed that Assassin's Creed: Revelations will feature internet enabled DRM. Most Ubisoft games on the PC feature DRM, but some of them re... Read More
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike does not use DRM on PSN
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
Blizzard – ‘Persistent online connection for Diablo 3 is not DRM’
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
Ubisoft considers its DRM “a success”
Despite its mass unpopularity, Ubisoft are considering its DRM measures "a success." Ubisoft have claimed that there system that requires users to be always connected to the internet in order to ... Read More
Dragon Age: Origins server issues – DRM to blame?
A Dragon Age: Origins server outage left many players unable to enjoy their merry questing this weekend, but the cause of the server crash has yet to be indentified. Whilst Bioware are hard at work ... Read More
Dragon Age 2 marred by hidden DRM
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
No DRM on PC Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood?
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
Ubisoft Drops Controversial DRM For RUSE
Ubisoft's new DRM system for PC games has been quite controversial, for several reasons- it requires the player to stay connected to the net all the time if he or she is to play the game; it saves the... Read More
Cristofer Sundberg – DRM punishes legal purchasers of games
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
Ubisoft’s DRM is “too draconian”
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
Alpha Protocol DRM limits explained
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
‘DRM vital to our business’ says Ubisoft
Ubisofts creative director Maxime Béland has told VG247 in an interview that DRM is vital to the developer's success. He said that the heavy DRM now attached to new Ubisoft releases is helping the c... Read More