Look out for the backlash on this one. The PC version of the upcoming FPS sequel Far Cry 2 will be using the same SecuROM technology as EA’s Spore, which ushered in some hefty controversy. The forum manager Bukowski113, who will likely hate his job in a little bit, posted over on the official forums [...]

The DRM on Will Wright’s Spore has led to extensive controversy, thousands of negative reviews on Amazon, and a user revolt. Now that revolt has taken the next step in the form of a lawsuit which claims EA does not disclose the SecuROM is on the game disc. This leads to the inability to uninstall [...]

After a massive backlash from the gaming populace about Spore, Executive Producer Chris Corry has posted an update on the game’s official forums to ease concerns. Unfortunately, not may people will be eased with the response. The game will still have the SecuROM that’s causing all of the problems, still limits your installs (now to [...]

By now, one would think companies would wise up to the hatred for DRM. Yes, pirates are evil people and thieves. However, forcing your paying customers into a hole because of your fears over it. That’s what happened with Will Wright’s latest Spore and customers are, well, there are few words that would actually put [...]

It seems the upgraded PC release of the Xbox 360 title Mass Effect has some gamers frustrated. As it turns out, the game can run the install program three times before the disc is locked. Coming from the Bioware forums, a poster discussed his frustrating encounter with service reps who finally answered his question, though [...]

Next-Gen’s interview with Marc Whitten, General Manager of Xbox Live, shed some light on upcoming changes. The biggest announcement is that owners should not be expecting a Spring dashboard update:
“We have taken a different approach this spring and spent a lot of our time and resources of building the proper infrastructure and scale for the [...]