EA Fails To Disclose SecuROM in Dragon Age II

Consumer advocacy and anti-DRM site Reclaim Your Game has discovered SecuROM in the PC, disc-based version of Dragon Age II. This revelation comes in spite of numerous assertions by EA and Bioware that the game would not contain SecuROM, and despite the lack of disclosure in the game's EULA. VividGamer.com gives you the details.

[theherp80]

wow thanks a lot ea. Hilarious pic. btw

[rrquinta]

Yeah, great way to reward your paying customers.

[chroniclex]

Wow way to go lawl

[TheLiztress]

Goodness, this is just more reason for me to avoid the PC version of the game.

[BlackKnight]

You mean disc-based PC version.

Steam for the win.

[TheLiztress]

Yes, that is what I meant.

[Sano64]

Thanks for the post, I always hated SecuROM! You should not haver to jump through so many hoops just to remove it from your computer after uninstalling a game.
Bad EA,BAD!

[rrquinta]

Thanks - I hate it with a passion and am so mad that I actually believed EA/Bioware when they said this wouldn't have it... if I hadn't already installed the game I would return it.

[a_bro]

EA, seriously, want to protect your game? use steam. SecuROM is such a POS.

[theherp80]

wait does EA not have their games on steam? that's just crazy.

[rrquinta]

Yeah, EA has their games on steam but they have sliding DRM. Like Steam versions will usually just have the Steam interface as DRM, the digital version elsewhere often has securom, and the disc version has its own DRM...

[a_bro]

they have their games on steam, but they dont support their games with steam to the fullest, aka steamworks.

[kevnb]

whats the issue with securom? I know it doesnt really protect games well, and its made by sony, but other than that whats the problem with it? Im asking because I really dont know.

[ncstatefan953]

"For those of you unfamiliar, SecuROM is a type of DRM (digital rights management) created by Sony – the same group that was sued before for DRM with music CDs – that installs itself onto your computer, without your knowledge, sends information to Sony (what information is never made clear)..."

[rrquinta]

It can also disable hardware and software on your computer it considers potential piracy tools, including your CD- or DVD burner that you may use for perfectly legal things.

[WhiteNoise]

I cancelled my pre-order when I heard about the DRM.

The free version I'm playing has no DRM, but it does have all the DLC including the pre-order bonuses etc lololololol

[hazelamy]

it's the publishers who are the real abusers of copyright, even more than the pirates.

fuck ea, looks like they're trying top claim back their biggest corporate douchebag award award from activision.

the sad thing is ea are so fucking stupid that they don't realise drm does not even work, in fact in many cases it pushes people towards piracy.

[hazelamy]

ea and bioware are making themselves look like total arseholes with their handling of this game.

lock any thread on their forum that is critical of the game, then they ban somebody account so they can't even play the game they bought just because the person said bioware sold their souls to the devil, IE EA, on the forums.