News Tagged: securom

It appears that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings will feature use SecuROM copy-protection for the game's retail version, which, as they say is the least intrusive way to protect its content from piracy. This was confirmed by CD Projekt during the CDP Days 2011 Spring Conference...

As you probably know, EA was hit by wave of criticism after one user got banned about a 72-hour suspension for an "inappropriate" forum post, which also blocked the user from playing his copy of Dragon Age 2. The ban was lifted, but EA also faced more backlash for, supposedly, firing off a nasty SecuROM into their title, Dragon Age 2...

There's a post over on the Battlefield Blog, explaining how SecuROM will in DICE's upcoming shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2. SecuROM in general The version which we use is a wrapper around the main game executable. It does everything it can by running as a “normal” program; it does not install any sort of kernel software...

Steam News confirms that players will now be able to update Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 through Steam, removing the SecuROM copy-protection from the game. The update's applied automatically when the Steam client is restarted. The official word is: "This game was delivered with both Sony SecuROM and Steam digital rights management technology...

Edge Online reports on the status of ongoing lawsuits against Electronic Arts regarding the DRM in Spore (thanks Blue). Attorney Scott Kamber states: "I appreciate that there's all different kinds sentiment out there. ... It's very important to us that the people and...

In Rockstar's official FAQ, we learn more about the Digital Rights Management Software in the development studio's upcoming PC edition of Grand Theft Auto IV. Here's a snip: Does GTA IV include any version of SecuROM? If so, what kind? Is it like a rootkit? ...

You may or may not have heard about lawsuits popping up, related to EA's recent DRM issues. Last month two new class-action lawsuits were filed against Electronic Arts in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Again, it concerns EA's utilization of SecuROM digital rights management...

Bad news, people. Ubisoft confirmed that the PC edition of Far Cry 2 uses the SecuROM DRM technology, albeit a slightly different version of what was released with Spore and Crysis Warhead. According to Ubisoft forum manager, bukowski113, here's what it's all about: You have 5 activations on 3 separate PCs...

Atari announced that the PC edition of the survival horror video game Alone in the Dark is going to include SecuROM activation. The activation process is compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista and it basically means that after the installation you'll need to go online download an additional component, which lets you run the game...