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Since Ubisoft announced that it was planning to require a constant Internet connection for all those interested in picking up its upcoming title on the PC, players have been wondering about what would happen if the servers the French publisher used for authentication would go down all of the sudden.Players found out ... |
8 March 2010
06:08 GMT |
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There seems to be a trend in PC gaming to make the price of AAA releases the same as they were when they came out on consoles. Activision Blizzard started it all when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 made the PC version of their blockbuster first person shooter sell for 60 dollars, the same amount of money that gets a ... |
6 March 2010
10:51 GMT |
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A lot has been said about the new DRM measures that Ubisoft is testing and plans to implement for most of its future titles. The always on Internet connection and the save games that get put in the cloud have turned off quite a lot of the PC gamers whom the measures are supposed to target and it seems that one very r... |
26 February 2010
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A lot of people were annoyed when publisher Ubisoft announced that it planned to introduce a new anti-piracy scheme based around an online authentication every time the game is fired up and also on players being connected to the Internet and to the official servers for every second of every minute of playtime.The sch... |
23 February 2010
16:21 GMT |
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Ubisoft has announced its DRM plans for the PC version of Assassin's Creed II, but no one expected things to be this bad. We just hoped that, if we blinked really, really hard and snapped our fingers, we'd wake up and it would have all been just a bad dream. But reality is usually worse than what our nightm... |
18 February 2010
04:19 GMT |
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The Obama administration has announced the formation of a new task force set to handle infringements on intellectual properties. Eric Holder, who is the Attorney General of the United States, has said that growth in industries like computer software and videogames cannot be guaranteed unless developers are certain th... |
17 February 2010
03:47 GMT |
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The LA Times has gained knowledge that Apple will employ the FairPlay digital rights management system to protect iBookstore content from being pirated. Alongside the iPad announcement last month, Apple also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes its new iBookstore. Apple hopes it will turn out to be t... |
16 February 2010
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Ubisoft, as the publisher, and Blue Byte Software, as the developer, have announced the contents of the Collector's Edition for Settlers VII: Paths to a Kingdom, which is set to be delivered on the PC and Mac platforms on March 23 in North America and on March 25 in European territories. All those who are intere... |
9 February 2010
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Yesterday, we talked about the new authentication and validation measures Ubisoft plans to introduce to its future titles, starting with the beta stage for Settlers 7, which is set to arrive soon.The publisher plans to remove all disk checks and validation on installation while introducing the need to link all Ubisof... |
28 January 2010
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In the wake of its PC Beta debut, DICE has decided that it would also be a good time to reestablish the cosmic ying-yang balance and to not let ourselves be overwhelmed by warm emotions. As such, Bad Company 2's blog has just posted the game's DRM, along with rich details on how it works. Cutting down on th... |
28 January 2010
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Ubisoft has unveiled the new measures it plans to use in order to reduce piracy of its titles on the PC. The French company has long sought to find a technical way of deterring pirates but the use of heavy handed Digital Rights management solutions, like StarForce, has attracted a backlash from gamers and talks of bo... |
27 January 2010
14:21 GMT |
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We know game developers always say that they listen to the gaming community and that the opinion of gamers is very important to them, but to actually see results and not just empty words is always shocking. Valve has a steadily build tradition of public interaction, but to see that 2K Marin is also as receptive, if n... |
26 January 2010
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Microsoft is cooking an early preview of the next iteration of Silverlight and is gearing up to offer a taste of Silverlight 3’s successor in just a few days. The International Broadcasting Conference (IBC), scheduled between September 11 and September 15 in Amsterdam, will act as the stage for the Redmond-base... |
9 September 2009
08:08 GMT |
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Spore has been one of the most talked about titles of last year. But even though its publisher, Electronic Arts, would have liked for these talks to revolve around the quality of the game and how much fun it was, many were about the draconic DRM software, which protected it against piracy by imposing some very tight ... |
30 June 2009
02:22 GMT |
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With the release date more than a week away, The Sims 3, the biggest game that Electronic Arts will release this summer, has been pirated by more than 100,000 people. The most recent estimates show that close to 200,000 have used or are using file sharing sites to get the pirated version of the videogame before it ar... |
29 May 2009
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Capcom is a company with some very big franchises that have sold quite a lot all over the world and have a big number of fans. But the company, while very successful when it comes to consoles and arcades, hasn't been having the best of luck on the PC. That is, up until now, as the company has entered the PC Gam... |
26 May 2009
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Dragon Age: Origins will not feature SecuROM protection, which means that it will not need to “phone home” in order to be authenticated if you intend to play the game offline. The measure is a gesture of good will on the part of BioWare and Electronic Arts, maybe in compensation for the fact that the PC v... |
6 May 2009
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Activision Blizzard has announced that it has left the PC Gaming Alliance, which is devoted to protecting the interests of the developers creating videogames for the platform, with manufacturing company Acer also following suit. Neither of the two companies has said why it has chosen to leave the PCGA, but it might h... |
16 April 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The gaming industry has seen its fair share of blunders and mishaps happen to even the most renowned companies involved with developing and publishing video games. One of the biggest ones in 2008 was Electronic Arts, abusive use of DRM software in almost all of the titles it published that year. But the scandal real... |
1 April 2009
16:41 GMT |
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It seems that The Sims 3, the life simulation game that will arrive at the beginning of June for the PC, will not be using any Digital Rights Management. The announcement was made by Rod Humble, the executive producer on the Sims series.Writing on the official website that Electronic Arts has dedicated to the game, H... |
27 March 2009
19:31 GMT |
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Boxee, the software application that gives you a true entertainment experience to enjoy your movies, TV shows, music and photos, has just received a mighty important update. Mac users can download the new software immediately, for free, and get dual-screen support, Netflix streaming improvements, search in Hulu and m... |
25 March 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Piracy has always been a very prominent problem for quite a lot of countries. Video game pirates believe that because of the restrictive DRM (Digital Rights Management) software with which a lot of games come bundled is something illegal and, by pirating the title, can keep their own computer safe and teach the compa... |
18 February 2009
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As iTunes users and Apple customers should know, the iTunes Store has undergone a few changes recently, one of which concerns an upgrade policy for iTunes Plus tracks. Prior to the Macworld 2009 keynote address delivered by Apple's Phil Schiller, iTunes customers could only upgrade all the contents of their libr... |
2 February 2009
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Reportedly, every DRM-free iTunes download will contain your personal information that can end up in the wrong hands, if you're not careful. Slashdot recently posted a reader's comment, revealing that the situation was indeed serious. “Apple's iTunes Plus files are DRM-free, but sharing the file... |
13 January 2009
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The gaming industry isn't one that doesn't have problems, as it is plagued by various petitions or backlash coming from a lot of directions. But none have manifested so severely as the one against the DRM (Digital Rights Management) software that some companies have chosen to include along with their games ... |
9 January 2009
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Apple has made it official that the iTunes Store is offering eight million of its 10 million songs in DRM-free format starting now, with the remaining two million songs expected to get the same treatment by the end of March. Additional changes have been made. Read on for the full scoop. “Beginning today, all f... |
7 January 2009
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Apple is believed to have struck a deal with all major music labels to remove copy protection from the music on iTunes and even cut prices on content. Moreover, direct song downloads to iPhones over cellular networks are also in the scope, sources claim. For those not very familiar with DRM (digital rights managemen... |
6 January 2009
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Good Old Games, the digital distribution platform created and maintained by CD Projekt, is announcing that it plans to add two games from the Broken Sword series to its already extensive line up. Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror and Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon will be offered to gamers who are interested in... |
5 January 2009
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The gaming industry certainly has quite a lot of bad sides to it, as with any type of media, but none of them has the same bad reputation as the DRM (Digital Rights Management) systems, which are employed by game publishers in order to protect them from piracy. Programs like SecuROM or other infamous pieces of softw... |
19 December 2008
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Spore had all the aces up its sleeve in order to become a best selling title. It promised players the ability to create their own creatures and then lead them through various stages of evolution until they could travel through space and visit other planets developed by other players. It delivered on all of these, but... |
8 December 2008
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As far as piracy goes, the phenomenon is apparently unavoidable, especially when you consider the software and games alone. Although companies are always complaining about the fact that their profits are low because of people who modify and then release their products for free on the Internet, their measures of preve... |
4 December 2008
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A few of the most unpopular pieces of software out there have got to be the DRM (Digital Rights Management) programs, which protect other applications, such as games or programs, from being pirated. Although some would say they are a necessary evil, the use of such systems, like the infamous SecuROM, is motivated by ... |
3 December 2008
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Recently we've had a furor over the DRM measures implemented in Electronic Arts' Spore in an effort to deter the piracy of the title. The system the big publisher implemented was restrictive enough to cause issues for regular, paying users while the piracy on the title shot up as users also rated the game l... |
19 November 2008
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These are really hard times for game developers and publishers because a lot of people are now very selective with the titles they buy and don't want to spend their hard earned money on something which only looks good but has a lot of flaws or annoying programs bundled, like the much blamed DRM (Digital Rights M... |
10 November 2008
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Electronic Arts doesn't have quite a decent reputation among gamers and those in the gaming industry largely due to the fact that it hides quite a lot of things from customers, especially when it comes to DRM (Digital Rights Management) systems introduced in the games the company publishes.Although not a lot of ... |
10 November 2008
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Fallout 3 is a massive game eagerly anticipated by fans all over the world. The post-apocalyptic RPG (Role Playing Game) has been absent for nearly ten years and players have been desperately looking forward to getting their hands on Bethesda's new title.With such a massive fan base, the developer can’t af... |
3 November 2008
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As you all know, Spore is one of the most successful games out there. It gained critical acclaim by allowing you to create your own unique creature and help it evolve from single cell stage to a living breathing social being capable of developing modern technology. But a small thing, sparked by a brilliant idea of Wi... |
17 October 2008
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DRM or Digital Rights Management systems are the things that protect games from piracy. They impose several restrictions on games, like how many computers you can install the same version on, or how many gamers can play the same copy of the game. Although most of the times they don't make their presenc... |
16 October 2008
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As you all know, DRM, or Digital Rights Management, is one of the most talked about subjects these days. With the whole scandal surrounding SecuROM, the DRM system employed by Electronic Arts on its games, like Spore or Crysis: Warhead, other gaming companies are sharing the DRM restrictions that will come with their... |
16 October 2008
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DRM, or Digital Rights Management, has been quite a popular subject in the last few months. Upon the release of the eagerly awaited Spore title, a lot of critics said that the SecuROM DRM system was pretty strict in terms of user rights. These statements created such a backlash that people who actually felt the impac... |
15 October 2008
03:56 GMT |
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Well, the people at Electronic Arts were certainly not joking when they said that they created Spore to be a platform, just like The Sims, designed to receive numerous packs and add ons as time goes on. There are signs that the first pack to augment the Spore experience is not too far away.GameStop briefly published ... |
6 October 2008
21:01 GMT |
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Fallout 3 is going to be a big game. Coming from Bethesda, the developers behind one of the biggest RPGs out there, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, it promises to bring the action packed game as the other two titles. Set 200 years after a devastating nuclear war, the game puts the player in search of his father who ... |
3 October 2008
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Electronic Arts says that it understands how an illegally downloaded copy is not, in any way, a copy that was lost as a sale to the company. Mariam Sughayer, who is working for the corporate communications department of EA, says that “Stepping aside from the whole issue of DRM, people need to recognize that ev... |
30 September 2008
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Norway has been chosen for the “test case” that consumer ombudsman Erik Thon has filed against Apple two years ago. France, Germany, Finland and Denmark jumped in as well, to get Apple to change its DRM-locked content system used with the iTunes Store."It's a consumer's right to transfer and pla... |
30 September 2008
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Chris Remo is pretty popular in the gaming industry. Having founded websites like GamaSutra or ShackNews shows that he might know a thing or two about anything related to games and gamers. He recently approached the very sensitive issue regarding DRM (Digital Rights Management) and how gamers are treating it very ba... |
29 September 2008
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We recently reported about the problem with the Digital Rights Management system, called SecuRom, within Electronic Arts' game Spore. With talks on the official forum of the game reaching a critical level, moderators supposedly threatened users with a complete ban, which would allegedly force them to b... |
25 September 2008
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We all know that Electronic Arts isn't the company with the highest level of credibility in the eyes of the average gamer, and "popular" definitely isn't a word that would best describe it. With the reputation of a big game mogul, part of EA’s notoriety comes as a result of several hostile takeovers o... |
24 September 2008
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Electronic Arts announces that it has released the first patch for its Spore, a title that is already a big hit with gamers while also being at the center of several controversies regarding DRM and restrictions.This first patch is designed to address some bugs that the community identified and which tend to limit the... |
23 September 2008
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Spore player complaints have made the headlines lately regarding Electronic Arts' DRM policy for the God game, recently released for the Macintosh platform. EA Games president Frank Gibeau revealed in a statement that the company would increase the number of installations from three to five and would institute a... |
22 September 2008
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Electronic Arts seems to be ready to listen to its customers when they have genuine grievances. Soon after the release of Spore, some people pointed out that you could only create one user account per boxed game copy bought, even if the game manual said that multiple accounts were supported.The manual was in error an... |
22 September 2008
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