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EA Games to release DRM-free titles on Steam

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EA has signed on with Valve's highly popular digital distribution program Steam to distribute their games including recent releases, and with some added good news. Titles such as Spore and Mass Effect that have come under heavy fire for DRM usage, will no longer have any SecuROM protection. All games will use Steam's DRM.
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vitz3 - 352 days 16 hours ago
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I MIGHT consider purchasing an EA game now. BIG maybe tho. I'd be breaking 4 years of boycotting.
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Dark_Overlord - 352 days 16 hours ago
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2 - "EA Games to release DRM-free titles on Steam"
"All games will use Steam's DRM. "

WTF a big contradiction in the same paragraph
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dimeford - 352 days 16 hours ago
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Not to mention this is news from Friday.
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Strife Lives - 352 days 16 hours ago
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The Sims 3 to come DRM free.btw,didnt EA release a patch to erase the securom from Spore?
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Dark_Overlord - 352 days 16 hours ago
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3.1 - I think the patch just relaxed a few restrictions
however Securom is still present
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Rapture333 - 351 days 20 hours ago
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Makes me want to get rid of my old Spore copy and buy the new no DRM Spore off Steam. I believe "Steams DRM" is as effective as it ever will get.
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