Tag Archives: drm

'If you're not making your customers happy you're doing something stupid' says Valve founder

Publisher apologises as Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell titles go dark

'Vast majority' of Anno customers unaffected by hardware problems claims publisher

Publisher Ubisoft has once again been forced to defend the DRM it chose to implement in one of its PC titles. MCV reported earlier this weekthat strategy title Anno 2070 uses a limited activation system. This in itself is not uncommon but it transpires that if a user changes any …

Publisher Ubisoft has once again found itself to be the subject of internet rage over its PC gaming DRM strategies. Dutch site Guru3D has revealed that any hardware alteration to a PC on which strategy title Anno 2070 has already been activated will trigger a further activation, as the software …

The PC version of upcoming RPG sequel Mass Effect 3 will, unsurprisingly, require users to download and install EA’s Origin games service. Furthermore, the game will not be available initially” on rival platform Steam. During initial release Mass Effect 3 will be available on Origin and a number of other …

Croteam sneaks unstoppable enemy into illicit copies of Serious Sam 3

When you think about it, invincible red scorpions should have been employed as an anti-piracy measure long before now. Fortunately those clever chaps at Croteam have at last utilised the tool in its recent shooter Serious Sam 3. DSOGaming reports that those playing an illegal copy of the game are …

But CD Projekt insists it will not resort to DRM technologies

Illicit file sharing 'a service problem and not a pricing problem'