Bad Company 2 Drops SecuROM DRM

The Steam version of EA's Battlefield Bad Company 2 is about to get a new patch, and amidst the little tweaks and fixes is some welcome news: the game's SecuROM DRM software will also be uninstalled.

SecuROM has been a pain in the ass of every PC gamer since it first turned up a few years back, so every time it's rolled back should go down as a win for the little guy.

It's the latest in a series of moves by publisher EA, which has scaled back the influence of SecuROM in its PC games in recent months following the disastrous launch of Spore. Dragon Age never had it, Mass Effect's was removed, and now this.

Note, however, this applies only to the Steam version of the game. Guess EA felt Steam's own authentication routines were good enough.

Good News for Steam Users ! :)

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Now only if they would remove it from the retail version I would be more motivated to spring out to a store and buy it.

The Steam version of EA's Battlefield Bad Company 2 is about to get a new patch, and amidst the little tweaks and fixes is some welcome news: the game's SecuROM DRM software will also be uninstalled.

SecuROM has been a pain in the ass of every PC gamer since it first turned up a few years back, so every time it's rolled back should go down as a win for the little guy.

It's the latest in a series of moves by publisher EA, which has scaled back the influence of SecuROM in its PC games in recent months following the disastrous launch of Spore. Dragon Age never had it, Mass Effect's was removed, and now this.

Note, however, this applies only to the Steam version of the game. Guess EA felt Steam's own authentication routines were good enough.

Good News for Steam Users ! :)

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NoctisCaelum52

EA = Amazing.akbar13

[QUOTE="NoctisCaelum52"]

The Steam version of EA's Battlefield Bad Company 2 is about to get a new patch, and amidst the little tweaks and fixes is some welcome news: the game's SecuROM DRM software will also be uninstalled.

SecuROM has been a pain in the ass of every PC gamer since it first turned up a few years back, so every time it's rolled back should go down as a win for the little guy.

It's the latest in a series of moves by publisher EA, which has scaled back the influence of SecuROM in its PC games in recent months following the disastrous launch of Spore. Dragon Age never had it, Mass Effect's was removed, and now this.

Note, however, this applies only to the Steam version of the game. Guess EA felt Steam's own authentication routines were good enough.

Good News for Steam Users ! :)

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akbar13

They sure have been stepping up their game lately.

Bah and I literally just ordered it from Direct2Drive 5 minutes ago, oh well, still 35 Pounds over 50 Euro is a difference.

[QUOTE="akbar13"]EA = Amazing.Renevent42

I feel you on that

They certainly have come a long way from being the most hated gaming company around good for them

And Good job EA taking a step forward to removing the menace of DRM

[QUOTE="Renevent42"][QUOTE="akbar13"]EA = Amazing.SaintJimmmy

I feel you on that

They certainly have come a long way from being the most hated gaming company around good for them

And Good job EA taking a step forward to removing the menace of DRM

I wouldn't give them too much praise. From what I hear the new Command and Conquer game will use the same DRM as the new Ubisoft games. You know, the one that requires you to be connected to their servers at all times.

[QUOTE="SaintJimmmy"]

[QUOTE="Renevent42"] Never thought I'd see the day... PublicNuisance

I feel you on that

They certainly have come a long way from being the most hated gaming company around good for them

And Good job EA taking a step forward to removing the menace of DRM

I wouldn't give them too much praise. From what I hear the new Command and Conquer game will use the same DRM as the new Ubisoft games. You know, the one that requires you to be connected to their servers at all times.

[QUOTE="PublicNuisance"]

[QUOTE="SaintJimmmy"]

I feel you on that

They certainly have come a long way from being the most hated gaming company around good for them

And Good job EA taking a step forward to removing the menace of DRM

carlosjuero

I wouldn't give them too much praise. From what I hear the new Command and Conquer game will use the same DRM as the new Ubisoft games. You know, the one that requires you to be connected to their servers at all times.

So EA should get praise because they are not the only company screwing us over ? That's setting the bar kind of low.

EA are turning into heros for the PC - they look at what other developers are doing to piss off us PC gamers, then they make sure not to do that. Hopefully their games sell really well and other devs follow suit.

EA are turning into heros for the PC - they look at what other developers are doing to piss off us PC gamers, then they make sure not to do that. Hopefully their games sell really well and other devs follow suit.

with_teeth26

Wow, has it gotten so bad that the heroes of PC gaming are using Securom and also requiring constant server conntections ?

[QUOTE="with_teeth26"]

EA are turning into heros for the PC - they look at what other developers are doing to piss off us PC gamers, then they make sure not to do that. Hopefully their games sell really well and other devs follow suit.

PublicNuisance

Wow, has it gotten so bad that the heroes of PC gaming are using Securom and also requiring constant server conntections ?

Were talking about EA here, not Ubisoft. Ubi is making more and more extreme DRM's while EA removes them.

[QUOTE="PublicNuisance"]

[QUOTE="with_teeth26"]

EA are turning into heros for the PC - they look at what other developers are doing to piss off us PC gamers, then they make sure not to do that. Hopefully their games sell really well and other devs follow suit.

with_teeth26

Wow, has it gotten so bad that the heroes of PC gaming are using Securom and also requiring constant server conntections ?

Were talking about EA here, not Ubisoft. Ubi is making more and more extreme DRM's while EA removes them.

1. EA only removed it from STEAM VERSION, the securom in retail versions are still there.

2. Steam itself is DRM so they're not fully removing it even from steam versions.

3. They are using that dreaded Ubi DRM in C&C 4.

At least C&C4 has some features that justify the permanent connection. EA tried something new with that game - the experiment failed, but they had good intentions.

[QUOTE="Renevent42"][QUOTE="akbar13"]EA = Amazing.SaintJimmmy

I feel you on that

They certainly have come a long way from being the most hated gaming company around good for them

And Good job EA taking a step forward to removing the menace of DRM

[QUOTE="carlosjuero"][QUOTE="PublicNuisance"]

I wouldn't give them too much praise. From what I hear the new Command and Conquer game will use the same DRM as the new Ubisoft games. You know, the one that requires you to be connected to their servers at all times.

PublicNuisance

So EA should get praise because they are not the only company screwing us over ? That's setting the bar kind of low.

Who even cares. My rig is for gaming, and gaming only. As long as the game works then I'm fine with it. Why should I care about Securom - it's never caused me any problems, and quite frankly it never will.

Yeah, let's talk ourselves out of not buying a game... blah blah blah.

3. They are using that dreaded Ubi DRM in C&C 4.

PublicNuisance

really? just another reason not to buy CnC 4 i guess.

The Steam version of EA's Battlefield Bad Company 2 is about to get a new patch, and amidst the little tweaks and fixes is some welcome news: the game's SecuROM DRM software will also be uninstalled.

SecuROM has been a pain in the ass of every PC gamer since it first turned up a few years back, so every time it's rolled back should go down as a win for the little guy.

It's the latest in a series of moves by publisher EA, which has scaled back the influence of SecuROM in its PC games in recent months following the disastrous launch of Spore. Dragon Age never had it, Mass Effect's was removed, and now this.

Note, however, this applies only to the Steam version of the game. Guess EA felt Steam's own authentication routines were good enough.

Good News for Steam Users ! :)

Note: Made a mistake with the quote my post starts below.:)

Painting with a pretty big brush I think. "SecuROM has been a pain in the ass of EVERY PC gamer sense it first turned up". I have never hada single problem with it. Such hyperbole is the tactic of a weak argument. But as Rand said "if we have irreconcilable differences check your premises".

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NoctisCaelum52

[QUOTE="PublicNuisance"]

[QUOTE="carlosjuero"] No more than Starcraft 2 from what I understand. Ubi still holds the gold medal for complete DRM screw-upperies.carlosjuero

So EA should get praise because they are not the only company screwing us over ? That's setting the bar kind of low.

Now only if they would remove it from the retail version I would be more motivated to spring out to a store and buy it.

PublicNuisance

They most likely already sent C&C 4 to factories to multiply it even before AC 2 was released and they most likely integrated it before Ubisoft announced that DRM but, there's a big but, C&C 4 actually needs internet unlike AC 2 since it has multiplayer.DanielDust

[QUOTE="carlosjuero"][QUOTE="PublicNuisance"]

So EA should get praise because they are not the only company screwing us over ? That's setting the bar kind of low.

carlosjuero

And for everybody complaining about it in C&C4, doesn't Starcraft 2 basically work the same way with the new Battle.net? I'm not in beta so I don't exactly know, but it sounded awfully similar. Nobody really complains about that. But then, we're talking about Starcraft 2 and everybody and their mother wants to play that.zomglolcats

The campaign can be played offline, but you miss the achievements, the various unlocks like new avatars and obviously the whole social networking component.