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ESA Oppose DRM Law Change Preserving Online Games
If a publisher shuts down a game’s online bits, current US copyright law says, you’re technically not allowed to modify the game to use different servers or work offline. It’s gone, that’s it,...
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Saints Row, Darksiders, Metro Arrive On GOG DRM-Free
The ghost of THQ is still with us today as some of the publisher’s greatest hits find new life on GOG. Deep Silver and Nordic Games, who bought the rights after THQ’s demise, have released Saints Row...
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Microsoft Can Disable Pirated First-Party Games
Microsoft can disable “counterfeit games” and “unauthorized hardware peripheral devices” according to the recently updated Microsoft Services Agreement. The agreement, which pertains to the Windows...
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Windows 10 Won’t Run Games Using SafeDisc Or Securom DRM
Windows 10 won’t run games that employ SafeDisc or certain versions of Securom DRM, rendering hundreds of old disc-based games potentially unplayable without complex workarounds. Games which used...
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Windows Vista/7/8 Update Disables Safedisc DRM
Last month we reported that Windows 10 wouldn’t run games that employ SafeDisc or certain versions of Securom DRM. This decision was made by Microsoft in response to security concerns, but as a side...
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Frustrated Pirates Prophesise The Death Of Game Piracy
My eyebrow’s raised so high that it’s knocking plaster off the ceiling, but it’s worth sharing this oddity as a talking point if nothing else. It seems Just Cause 3 [official site]’s DRM is still...
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Quantum Break Makes Light Of Piracy
I’m hearing mostly bad things about Rememdy’s Quantum Break [official site], not least of which is that the reliably unreliable Windows Store (in many ways the child of Games For Windows Live) is...
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Oculus Removes DRM Blocking Rift Games On Vive
In April the cyberworld rejoiced when cybergoggle enthusiasts created a tool to like HTC Vive cybernauts play games made for Oculus Rift. In May, er, Oculus responded by adding a DRM headset check...
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Tomb Raider Raided: Denuvo DRM Allegedly Cracked
Rise of the Tomb Raider [official site] might finally be cracked six months after its release. A step-by-step video showing a cracked copy of Rise of the Tomb Raider surfaced in Russia last week. It...
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Explained: Dawn of War III’s always-online requirements
There’s been slow-burning confusion about whether Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War 3 [official site] (due out mere hours from now) is going to be one of those bothersome always-online sorts of games, even...
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The ESA rejects proposed DMCA exceptions to allow the non-profit and...
It’s easy to forget sometimes that games are a legal minefield, and so much of what we take for granted – mods cheekily using repurposed art assets, or fan-games bringing joy to the masses – are often...
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The Crew 2 is out now, but unplayable for some on Steam [fixed]
Update: Ubisoft say the Steam problem is now fixed. Affected people may need to restart the Steam client but then it should work. Ubisoft’s open-world online drive-o-fly-a-boaty racer The Crew 2...
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