Ubisoft Responds to Assassin's Creed: Origins DRM Controversy
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The PC version of Origins uses a multi-stage DRM approach.
READ MORE >GOG's Pinata Madness Showers You in $3 Games
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The games you get from hitting the Piñata will be valued anywhere from $5.99 to $49.99.
READ MORE >"My haul was pretty weak given 2 of them I already had on Steam: Her Story ($3) Time Commando ..."
see all 7 commentsQuantum Break's Pirate Players Rewarded With Pirate Eyepatches
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Hoist the jolly roger!
READ MORE >"There is a store for PC that has a huge install base and mass acceptance. It's called Steam. ..."
see all 5 comments"Anyone who actually believed it wasent going to be cracked is delusional that said if the drm ..."
see all 25 commentsMicrosoft reverses stance on 24-hour check-in, used games for Xbox One [update]
Microsoft may be backtracking on its DRM and used game stance for the Xbox One.
READ MORE >"For me the sad part is that MS was trying to do something even better than Steam. The whole ..."
see all 328 commentsEA: Online Pass profits didn't balance out reputation damage and player frustration
EA is finally ditching Online Passes so the three-year experiment clearly didn't work out quite as it had hoped, but how bad was it? "The amount of money that we made, it didn't replace the amount of frustration we put on our customers and it didn't offset the reputation dam...
READ MORE >"Ubisoft doesn't have the online check anymore since like 2011? I know Far Cry 3 worked fine ..."
see all 22 commentsEA's Gibeau: 'DRM is a failed dead-end strategy'
SimCity was brought crashing down at launch by its always-online requirement, this we know. However, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has sworn blind that the requirement was a result of the designers' MMO visions, not a DRM mandate handed down to Maxis from EA. He's ragged ...
READ MORE >"" EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has sworn blind that the requirement was a result of the ..."
see all 67 commentsUbisoft PC policy requires one-time activation, scraps always-on DRM
Ubisoft has scrapped its always-on and start-up verification DRM requirements for PC games, stating that its new policy as of June 2011 is to only require a one-time activation.
READ MORE >"bravo ubisoft bravo, a well thought out move here, i am glad your listening to your customers, ..."
see all 18 commentsCD Projekt Red swears off DRM
The CEO of CD Projekt Red has claimed that DRM simply does not work, and promised that its games will "never use any DRM anymore."
READ MORE >"There are a few games I have that still work even with steam closed. Mostly small indie stuff ..."
see all 17 commentsBorderlands 2 PC uses Steamworks
The PC edition Borderlands 2 will use Valve's Steamworks suite as its DRM. Gearbox's shooter RPG will pack Steamworks features including multiplayer matchmaking, Steam Cloud storage, achievements, auto-updating, downloadable content, "and more."
READ MORE >"its like diablo 3, yeah it's repetitive but it's meaty and worth a lot of hours of some fun ..."
see all 117 commentsUbisoft server migration breaks supposedly safe games
Ubisoft had warned that a number of its PC games would be unplayable while the publisher transferred servers, thanks to its frightful DRM, but it seems some games supposed to be safe are not working either.
READ MORE >"Early reports suggest the problem only affects paying customers. For reasons not well ..."
see all 7 commentsSteam DRM declared a success by Football Manager 2012 dev
Though many fans were upset when Football Manager 2012 became the first in the PC sim series to require Steam, developer Sports Interactive has credited the move with helping reduce piracy, seeing FM2012 cracked 15 days later than the games "usually" are.
READ MORE >"Yeah, it's the #3 most popular game on steam at the moment and 56,000 people are playing. Must ..."
see all 9 commentsWitcher 2 studio co-founder says DRM doesn't work
The Witcher 2 has sold over 1 million copies without DRM. Studio co-founder Marcin Iwinski says it simply doesn't work and they succeed by offering extras with their game and educating the consumer.
READ MORE >"I wish I could link to warez forums where this has been discussed with polls taken, and roughly ..."
see all 103 commentsAssassin's Creed Revelation will not use 'always-on' DRM
Ubisoft has revealed that Assassin's Creed Revelations on the PC will not utilize the company's contentious DRM system.
READ MORE >"OMFG ITS COMING OUT TOMMOROW IM GETTING IT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING!!!"
see all 13 commentsTake On Helicopters' anti-piracy tech defended by devs
Unsuspecting pirates playing Take On Helicopters have found their vision turned watery, and not with tears of shame. Bohemia has explained its anti-piracy scheme, saying developers have a responsibility to "try to protect their company's future."
READ MORE >"I have pirated some games, i admit this. But the only reason i do it, is because i'm stuck on ..."
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"Nah. This won’t ding their sales, DRM is cheap and Ubi keeps doing this since forever. See ..."
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