Most PC game DVDs come with DVD copy protection. Publishers claim that they have to add the copy protection to prevent the unauthorized copying of their games. Many users feel that publishers punish legit customers with DVD copy protection while all the P2P guys download the cracked working games many times before the official release [...]
Spore DRM Protests To Take Effect
This is the second time that publisher Electronic Arts has eased the DRM restrictions of some of their upcoming games due to Internet protests from gamers worldwide. Electronic Arts had initial plans to force users to activate the games Mass Effect and Spore over the Internet which had to repeated regularly if the player wanted [...]
EA backpedals on new Securom Protection
Just a day ago we have reported that Electronic Arts had plans to publish some of their upcoming PC blockbuster titles with a new Securom copy protection that would validate the game every ten days online. Failure to validate the game in that time period would have the effect that the game would not start [...]
EA to use newest Securom in upcoming games
How would you feel about a game that needs an active Internet connection to verify the serial number ? How about a game that would have to do that every ten days after installation to make sure the serial number was genuine ? How about a game that would stop working after another ten days [...]
