It looks like the folks at Infinity Ward may have started a trend among developers of first person shooters on the PC. Word now comes from a Q&A about Bioshock 2‘s multiplayer mode over at The Cult of Rapture that it will not have dedicated server support, LAN play, or the ability to kick troublemakers . . . → Read More: “Bioshock 2″ following in “Modern Warfare 2′s” footsteps for multiplayer.
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It’s a bit old news by now, but perhaps some of you haven’t heard about it. About a week ago the folks at Amazon had a problem with a couple of George Orwell’s novels they were selling in e-book form. News reports vary with some saying the publisher changed it’s mind about letting them be . . . → Read More: Amazon gives me another reason not to buy a Kindle. (#Blogathon) Kudos to Ubisoft for listening to customers and taking a chance. They’ve announced that the retail release of the PC version of Prince of Persia will have no DRM at all: “A lot of people complain that DRM is what forces people to pirate games but as PoP PC has no DRM we’ll see how . . . → Read More: Retail PC version of next “Prince of Persia” totally DRM free. Remember when EA Games Label President Frank Gibeau said the following about why using SecuROM on Spore was a necessary evil: We assumed that consumers understand piracy is a huge problem – and that if games that take 1-4 years to develop are effectively stolen the day they launch, developers and publishers will simply stop . . . → Read More: “Spore” most heavily pirated game of 2008 despite draconian DRM. It took a bit longer than I expected, but the Chinese are ripping Blu-ray movies, cracking the DRM, and burning them to disc so they can sell them for next to nothing. The quality drops, but is still technically High Def and the movie industry is not happy: Law enforcement in Shenzhen, China, raided a . . . → Read More: Blu-ray DRM is officially dead. Chinese pirates selling Blu-ray movies for $7 each. The folks over at Gamasutra.com landed an interview with Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello wherein he claims to hate DRM but says it’s necessary due to piracy. He goes on to address the massive online protest over Spore using SecuROM: “So far, Spore has outsold Sims 2,” he notes. “Commercially, it’s doing very well.” “Everyone . . . → Read More: EA boss on DRM protesters: Half are pirates and the other half are stupid. Walmart… (via BoingBoing). From: Walmart Music Team Date: Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:42 PM Subject: Important Information About Your Walmart.com Digital Music Purchases To: xxxxxx@gmail.com Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases We hope you are enjoying the increased music quality/bitrate and the improved usability of Walmart’s MP3 music downloads. We began offering MP3s . . . → Read More: another DRM server bites the dust When Sony launched the video store service on the Playstation Network I took the time to fire up my PS3 and browse through the store to see what they were offering and how much it would cost, but I didn’t buy anything because I hadn’t taken the time to find out what the terms of . . . → Read More: I won’t be buying videos through the PS3 video store. EA Games Label President Frank Gibeau sent the folks at Kotaku.com a press release about DRM used on Spore which again demonstrates that they just aren’t getting the message. They continue to think the issue is solely about how many installs the game has and they continue to repeat the lie that DRM stops piracy: . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts modifies “Spore” DRM again, but still doesn’t address SecuROM controversy. On the one hand I suppose I should be impressed that Electronic Arts bothered to respond to all the complaints about the SecuROM DRM at all, but the responses they gave to MTV Multiplayer show they still don’t get it: Complaint: A legitimately bought copy of “Spore” can’t be activated on more than three different . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts still doesn’t get it. Responds to DRM controversy in “Spore.” |
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