PC Dragon Age to forego SecuROM, relies on disc check
by Richard Mitchell 
{ May 6th 2009 at 11:00PM } 
BioWare's Chris Priestly stated on the Dragon Age forums that the game will rely on a simple disc check for copy protection and will not require any kind of online authentication. There is still no word on whether or not the upcoming pen-and-paper version will include any sort of anti-Xerox measures.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ May 6th 2009 11:07PM
Bravo! More companies should develop less intrusive systems and with more variation maybe that way (and with better prices)they can win against piracy
Huey2k2 @ May 6th 2009 11:07PM
Awesome news, this will be a pickup on day 1 for me.
Clinton @ May 6th 2009 11:12PM
for some reason that kinda looks like oblivion to me
Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ May 6th 2009 11:17PM
Yeah it does look like Oblivion and a bit like age of Conan.
Ihavepants @ May 7th 2009 3:27AM
Is it because they have swords and bows?
Clinton @ May 7th 2009 6:47AM
no not just that its the look of the characters too
Poisoned Al @ May 6th 2009 11:21PM
What? They are using COMMON SENSE? They understand that the only thing the DRM crap does is scare real customers off? THE SKY IS FALLING!
Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ May 6th 2009 11:25PM
That's what you get for messing with the Ozone layer.
(I'll go ahead and guess no one got that Garfield & Friends reference)
WiiFTW @ May 6th 2009 11:27PM
Somebody finally realizes all this copy-protection shit just makes it harder for legitimate purchasers to play, and that it really doesn't affect pirates.
THE Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ May 6th 2009 11:30PM
bioware FTW
BigD145 @ May 7th 2009 12:05AM
The disc check doesn't work, but at least it is far less likely to break the game and cause crashes.
Foreign E S @ May 7th 2009 12:09AM
Shitty art direction.
Deck @ May 7th 2009 12:57AM
And you could do better of course right? Riiiight.
Dragon Age: Origins is going to fucking rock! And with BioWare doing this, its even better!
Stitched @ May 7th 2009 3:30AM
The old Bioware adventure titles all had this system. I am surprised it took them this long to come full circle.
Kevin Ghadyani @ May 7th 2009 3:43AM
How about anti-copy machine? Xerox isn't the only company that makes copy machines. What is this, 1980?
Emophia @ May 7th 2009 4:43AM
Ugh, needing the disc in the slot to play the game is like so 1997...
The first thing I'mma do after I buy this game will be to Nodisc crack it.
Snowblind @ May 7th 2009 6:02AM
Me too.
But at least I'm going to buy it.
OremLK @ May 7th 2009 8:33AM
Enjoy your lovely new viruses.
bearcall @ May 7th 2009 1:01PM
Whoever thinks no-cd patches are viruses should not own a computer, or be allowed to use one.
Olicon @ May 7th 2009 7:30AM
No DRM is totally the new fad. I hope it works in the long run too. I hate all these annoying DRM stuff.
Carlo @ May 7th 2009 9:08AM
Wow, Bioware are brave brave people
blackop773643 @ May 7th 2009 12:48PM
I saw people freaking out about the disk check, but we all know this will be released on Steam.
Mats @ May 7th 2009 5:00PM
Based on what John has said, there will be more incentive to buy rather then heavy DRM, so expect a bonus class or bonus adventure and/or bonus weapons to be cut from the basegame, and given to you once you register your copy with EA. Seems to be the idea with Sims 3.