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PC DRM has again got Ubisoft into a sticky situation with PC gaming fans. The publisher had previously claimed that recent PC release From Dust would only require users to authenticate their copy of the game online the first time it was loaded. However, users have complained that the game …

Negative community feedback changes PC DRM policy

Ubisoft has altered the way digital rights management works in the PC version of Driver: San Francisco after receiving negative feedback. Players will no longer be required to have a constant internet connection in order to play the game, reports Rock, Paper, Shotgun, but they will need to sign in …

French publisher Ubisoft has risked stoking the fires of hate towards its controversial PC DRM strategy by proclaiming it a success. Yesterday it emerged that upcoming release Driver: San Francisco will require a permanent internet connection to play, even if only in single player mode. The game requires constant authentication …

The PC version of Ubisoft’s Driver: San Francisco will require players to have a constant internet connection. The new was confirmed by Driver and Rabbids community developer Mathieu Willem via Twitter, according to Eurogamer. Throughout the first half of 2010, Ubisoft faced criticism and even server attacks after it announced …

No doubt fearful of a backlash similar to that suffered by Ubisoft last year, Capcom has announced that it will remove the DRM it had planned for Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition. The publisher had previously announced that PC players who were not logged into Games for Windows Live would …

Dragon Age fans have accused Electronic Arts and BioWare of hiding controversial DRM measures in their latest release. According to anti-DRM consumer watchdog Reclaim Your Game, the recently released Dragon Age II contains the SecuROM-related Sony Release Control and have protested that the game’s developer and publisher failed to inform …

Good Old Games has spoken against DRM, saying that some of the anti-piracy measures in use treat consumers like criminals. Speaking to Adventure Classic Gaming, the site’s PR and marketing manager Lukasz Kukawski added that draconian DRM software” scares off potential customers. Treating a legitimate customer like a potential criminal …

Crunch, DRM and data-mining are all issues that must be explored 'on a moral basis', says game research professor

Capcom is the latest publisher to experiment with always-on DRM – this time bringing the controversial security measure to its latest PSN release. Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 will authenticate itself every time PS3 owners boot it up. The company previously used this anti-piracy mechanic with Final Fight: Double Impact, according …