Steam Version Of Battlefield Bad Company 2 Getting A Nice Patch

Along with a couple of bug fixes the newest patch for the Steam version of Battlefield Bad Company 2, the SecuROM will also get removed. EA has some history with the SecuROM, but that history has never gone over well with EA's consumers. Most of you will probably remember the Spore fiasco of only allowing a limited amount of installs before the disc would become completely useless. You can thank SecuROM for that.

Although it seems some light has been shined into EA's heart recently, Dragon Age didn't launch with SecuROM, Mass Effect has had it removed, and now Bad Company 2 is going to get it removed aswell.
Although this is only no the Steam version of the game, due the fact that Steam has its own authentication solutions in place, its still a big plus for anyone who's into PC gaming.
I'm glad to see that Steam is trustworthy enough, even for big publishers like EA, so that we might avoid more of these crazy DRM strategies (looking at you Ubisoft).

Ubisoft's Newest DRM Cracked On Day One

A week or two back I made a post talking about Ubisoft's latest DRM for all of their PC releases. This particular DRM is surely one of the most aggressive I've seen in a long time, as it requires you to be online all the time, even while playing a singleplayer mode. The first title to ship with Ubisoft's newest DRM was "Silent Hunter 5", but things didn't go as expected...
A group of "hackers" have already busted through this new DRM, making Ubisoft's plan to slow down pirate already broken. Most people knew that this DRM was bound to be cracked eventually, as with most PC games, but few thought it to happen this fast.
I personally am not a fan of this particular DRM, but I find pirating games to be a much greater offense. The problem I have with pirating isn't only that developers and publishers don't see a cent for all their hard work, but also that it ruins things for the everyone else.
If pirating had never become an issue, DRM(s) would have never come along to be a giant pain for all of us. Since we don't live in a perfect world however, we have to live the fact that pirating will always be around in many different forms.
I've seen multiple forums posts throughout the week of people saying they should "unite and pirate Silent Hunter 5, in order to show Ubisoft we hate their DRM!!!"
My only response to that is this:
No. You are stupid.
If you want to protest against this or any other DRM, all you need to do, is not buy/play that game. If the game doesn't sell well because the DRM was too strict, Ubisoft will get the message and pull back on their DRM. If you start to pirate the thing like mad however, the only response you'll get from Ubisoft, or any other publisher, is that they have to make an even "stronger/more aggressive" DRM to try and slow down piracy.

Thanks to Amanda for the info!

Ubisoft's DRM Plans Are A Bit Over The Top

Ubisoft, along with every other game publisher, is trying hard to lessen the piracy of their games. Over the years we have all seen different DRMs(Digital Rights Management) come and go, some terrible, and some not too bad. However, it seems that Ubisoft wants to take the throne when it comes to "most annoying DRM ever".PC Gamer's Tom Francis wrote an article on Ubisofts new DRM for the upcoming PC release of Assassin's Creed 2.

"If you get disconnected while playing, you're booted out of the game, all your progress since the last checkpoint or savegame is lost, and your only options are to quit to Windows or wait until you're reconnected."
It's been known that Ubisoft is a fan of the online verification method when it comes to DRMs, but personally, I think this is taking it a bit too far. I'm sure all of you have experienced a couple of internet connection drops while playing games, but could you imagine what it would have been like if that game you were playing had used Ubisofts newest DRM?
Please, feel free to discuss this topic further in the comments, as I'm sure many of you have a "kind" thing or two to say about it.

"You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind".