New SimCity DRM To Require Internet Connection To Launch Single-Player Mode
EA and developer Maxis confirm that an internet connection will be required for SimCity single-player.
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Good Old Games Shortens Its Title But Expands Its Content
What’s in a name? For Good Old Games, becoming GOG.com means more games than ever before.
Dear Video Game Industry, DRM Doesn’t Have to be Awful
There’s a right way and a wrong way to combat piracy, as The Darkness II may have (accidentally) helped prove.
Ubisoft’s PC DRM Leaves Anno 2070 and Driver: San Francisco Unplayable
Ubisoft recently performed a server switch which led to some of its games being rendered unplayable.
If You Pirate Serious Sam 3, Croteam Will Kill You (In Game)
The DRM (Digital Rights Management) in most games forces players to be online and such…
EA’s Origin Not Required For The Old Republic
A TOR community manager has revealed that Origin will not be required in order to play the game,
This Fat Dude Is Pretty Pissed At Blizzard…
As you may have heard, Diablo III is going to see some interesting changes to the franchise that include things like always on DRM…
Diablo III Cannot Be Played Offline
Blizzard’s channeling the spirit of Ubisoft by forcing players to play online in order to play Diablo III…
Driver San Francisco on PC to Require a Constant Internet Connection
The next installment of the Driver franchise will require a constant Internet connection for PC gamers…
PC Version of Bulletstorm Requires Persistent Internet Connection (Or Maybe Not?)
The PC version of Bulletstorm will require a persistent Internet connection, according to EA’s product disclosures page. Now People Can Fly say it wont . . .
Pre-Order The Witcher 2 Now – Don’t Pay A Penny Until Release
You read right. In keeping with their awesome tradition of being awesome, CDProjekt and GoG.com have started taking pre-orders for The Witcher 2 – and you won’t have to pay them for it.
R.U.S.E Wont Use Ubisoft DRM
The Ubisoft DRM is by no means a bad thing, I welcome it with open arms. Unfortunately something that seems to plague every PC gamer is constant whining about one thing or another. If they haven’t got frame rates to cry about, they will of course cry about something else, and so the vicious circle continues…
Editorial: Codemasters CEO Publicly Embraces the Worst Idea Ever
In a recent article, Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has stated the best idea for a business model to “combat piracy” (those quotation marks are ironic) is selling consumers an unfinished product.
Bioshock PC DRM “Scaled Back”
A post on the official Cult of Rapture blog has outlined the precise plans for the DRM of Bioshock 2 on the PC. “There will be no SecuROM install limits for either the retail or digital editions of BioShock 2,” the post notes, “and SecuROM will be used only to verify the game’s executable and [...]
Bioshock 2 System Requirements: Go Away SecuROM, You’re Not Welcome Here
Bioshock 2′s system requirements have been published today, and guess what? Our little friend SecuROM is hidden away, cackling to itself in a way only the most evil beings know how. Alright, there’s no limit on installations this time, but honestly I won’t be happy until SecuROM goes away for good. By the way, you [...]
