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Backlash: Anti-DRM Protesters Trash Spore's Amazon Rating

Spore, the long awaited new game from SimCity creator Will Wright, has been critically well-received, so what's up with its Amazon.com score? As of this posting, the game, despite being #1 on Amazon, has 1,494 one star ratings from gamers who are upset about the game's DRM. Here are some excerpts from the angry reviews: More »

3:22 PM on Tue Sep 9 2008
By Meg Marco
22,683 views, 242 comments

Latest by blackmage439: I was already planning on skipping it until the price comes down, but this is disappointing. I will not purchase this game, or ask for it as a gift, until it's DRM scheme is fixed or removed. more »

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EA Allows 3 "Activations" Of Mass Effect And That's It? Period?

Reader jk writes in to let us know that EA's sci-fi epic Mass Effect is still having DRM issues on the PC platform. This time, instead of requiring gamers to maintain an internet connection and activate their game every few weeks, paying customers (allegedly) get three "activations" of the game and that's it. Uninstalling the game doesn't "give back" an activation. More »

5:47 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Meg Marco
17,521 views, 98 comments

Latest by Glaar: @Jmatthew: b) Mass Effects DRM isn't resident, so it's not taking up any resources. About drm not staying resident isn't exactly true its often hidden, go into device manager choose show hidden devices then look under non-pnp drivers. I think Mass Effect uses securom so you should have secdrv in there somewhere. more »

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Mass Effect DRM Causing Backlash Among PC Gamers

If you'd like to play the PC version of Bioware/EA's hit XBOX 360 title "Mass Effect," you'd better have an internet connection. Why? Because in order to remain "activated" the game will need to reauthorize itself via the internet every 10 days. Go 11 days without checking in and your game won't work until you do. Some gamers are saying that this requirement makes them feel like criminals, and doesn't make a lot of sense for a game that otherwise doesn't require an internet connection. More »

11:20 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Meg Marco
8,476 views, 183 comments

Latest by OldStyleLite: @ShirtGuyDom This is the First time I have ever posted on a forum. I feel compelled to completely support ShirtGuyDom position on everything in this thread. His original comments about DRM were completely coherent, and from the standpoint of his argument, very rational. While some of his sarcasm was subtle, more »