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The one we've all been waiting for:
Activation Manager

For extra giggles check out the size of the EULA that governs your use of the deactivation tool (that manages DRM software that controls your use of games which are also governed by their own EULAs...geez, how many layers of permission do we need? :? :P )

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Sims 3 is shipping with no SecuROM. We can only hope that they keep this up.

I remember taking the SecuROM-less Steam releases as a sign they were done with it, but then Mirror's Edge and Burnout Paradise still used it.

Still, with deactivation tools and such it doesn't bother me nearly as much as it bothers the hardcore anti-DRM crowd.

Sims 3 is shipping with no SecuROM. We can only hope that they keep this up.

I was surprised to see that EA had saddled some of the Sims 2 releases with their heavyweight DRM. I guess someone smart decided that throwing lawn darts at their cash-cow franchise wasn't such a good idea (duh).

I remember taking the SecuROM-less Steam releases as a sign they were done with it, but then Mirror's Edge and Burnout Paradise still used it.

Still, with deactivation tools and such it doesn't bother me nearly as much as it bothers the hardcore anti-DRM crowd

I'll give EA credit for cleaning the Steam versions of Mass Effect and RA3 of SecuROM, and as I've said elsewhere on the forum I now consider those games eligible for purchase (via Steam). Of course, I have little interest in them, so they probably won't be on my shelf until EA decides to participate in Steam's awesome weekend sales routine.

Alas, EA didn't announce any Steam Achievements for Activation Manager, so I passed downloading that one. :wink:

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