ActionTrip Tags http://www.actiontrip.com en-us Copyright 1999-2012, ActionTrip.com All Rights Reserved http://www.actiontrip.com/gfx4/atlogoxml.gif http://www.actiontrip.com http://www.actiontrip.com/news/rayman-origins-now-available-for-pc/033012_3 Here's a quick reminder for those of you who appreciate solid platformers. Rayman Origins for PC is available for purchase both in North America and the United Kingdom. Word is: "When the Glade of Dreams is overrun by “nefurrious” Darktoons, the Fairy Council hastily invokes Rayman to save the day; but the hero of light isn’t quite all there... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:51:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/bioware-talks-mass-effect-3-drm/021812_2 The folks over at development studio BioWare have revealed some details about the DRM for the PC edition of Mass Effect 3, which is slated to arrive early next month. Word is that the third installment in the popular sci-fi series utilizes a one-time online activation, after which there's an unlimited number of installs... Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:29:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/rayman-origins-to-pc/012712_3 Finally. Ubisoft confirmed that they are bringing the lovely, cartoon-style platformer, Rayman Origins, to the PC (it's also one of those games I played in 2011, but just couldn't find the time to review - I'll make up for that, you have my word)... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:46:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/the-witcher-2-patch-offers-fixes-removes-drm/052711_7 Okay, for all of you who are playing The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings right now, here's a useful bit of info. CD Projekt just released a patch for the game, offering a few changes. Here are some of the major changes: Added Troll Trouble DLC Fixed DLC download issues... Fri, 27 May 2011 12:55:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/todays-controversy-super-street-fighter-iv-arcade-pc-drm-is-brutal/052611_8 If you're looking forward to playing Super Street Fighter IV Arcade on the PC, be prepared to be online all the time. Without a constant internet connection and a Games for Windows account, out of the 39 available characters (all unlocked from the start), you will only have access to 15, and other limited features... Fri, 27 May 2011 04:31:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/the-witcher-2-with-securom-preorder-details/041411_9 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... Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:28:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/dragon-age-drm-servers-still-down/041311_2 According to a report from a very outraged Ars Technica, the author of the article is still locked out of playing Dragon Age: Origins since April 9, as have other users. This is as a result of BioWare's authentication servers failing. Word from [H]ard-OCP is that the... Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:41:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/dragon-age-drm-server-issue-resolved/041311_8 Just a quick not on our earlier report about the Dragon Age: Origins DRM not working. According to an update on BioWare Social Network the server issue has been resolved. BioWare's update is short and to the point: "This should now be fixed - please login and retry." Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:54:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/the-witcher-2-without-drm-on-gog/031411_4 Good Old Games announced that it's going to be a sole DRM-free distributor of the Digital Premium Edition of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. As a sister company to CD Projekt RED. GOG’s copy of The Witcher 2 will not contain any DRM, unlike all other versions of the Digital Premium Edition... Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:22:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/piracy-is-good-and-handy-people-say/022411_4 According to people who took part in our recent voting poll, piracy is 'good' because, well, games are too expensive. That's at least how we've put things in our poll. Here are the final results: All things considered, piracy is: Good, because games are too expensive... Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:40:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/how-do-you-feel-about-piracy/021411_3 As video game publishers continue their desperate struggle against that foul whore piracy, gamers often find themselves on the receiving end of crappy anti-piracy measures such as Ubisoft disastrous DRM scheme. But like many foul whores, piracy also serves its purpose when the going gets tough... Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:50:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/dragon-age-2-pc-drm-explained/020111_2 There's a post over on the BioWare Social Network forum, which goes into detail about the Dragon Age 2 PC DRM. Of course, Steam DRM is going to be packed with the Steam versions. Other versions though will authenticate themselves "after a select period of days" (still not specified)... Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:22:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/ubisoft-confirms-changes-on-their-drm/010511_2 As we reported a couple of days ago, players started to spread the word how an active Internet connection isn't required to play Ubisoft games. The news arrived from story published by PC Gamer UK, but we didn't get any official word on it... Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:02:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/ubisoft-drops-constant-internet-connection-drm/010311_3 Here's a bit of interesting news you may have missed during the Holidays. Word has it that an active Internet connection is no longer required to play Ubisoft games. PC Gamer UK reports that the French publisher released an update that removes the necessity for some of Ubi's games to have an Internet connection in order to be played... Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:10:00 GMT http://www.actiontrip.com/news/strategy-game-ruse-dumps-ubisofts-drm/081210_4 Unlike most of Ubisoft's recent major releases such as Assassin's Creed 2, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Splinter Cell: Conviction, the upcoming strategy game R.U.S.E. will not be utilizes the publisher's controversial DRM. As it turns out, the game is going to empoy Steam... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:00:00 GMT