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Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
This seems to be going around the Internets this am.
EA's EA_Apoc posted in the official C&C forums regarding DRM and their next Command and Conquer game:
First thing to be clear about, Command & Conquer 4 has NO DRM. Zip, zero, zilch, none. We already made this clear.
-You can install the game from the disc as many times as you want on any machine. Re-install, etc.
-To play Command & Conquer 4, the computer needs to be connected to the internet. We've always made that clear as well.
-APOC
So there you have it, the game does not have any type of DRM but you need to be connected to EA's servers while you pla.... hey wait a minute! By being connected to their servers while you play, THAT IS a form of DRM. Not to mention EA's current track record with games that connect to servers run by the company (fill in BFBC2's authentications and master server frustration here) I can see no one playing this game for the first two weeks.
Remember my motto, wait for the second patch to purchase the game.
Owners of the Steam version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 have a nice surprise coming with the release of the newest patch: Removal of the game's SecuROM DRM. That update is in addition to a number of other fixes and changes included in the patch, version 522175, which range from better notifications when failing to join a multiplayer server to the server browser now sorting by lowest ping by default.
The patch for Steam users will come slightly later than it will for those with a retail copy, as it has to go through additional QA testing. It may be wise to hold off on updating for the time being, as there have been reports on the EA forums of crashing and freezing issues for some users. As the patch is only applied on the client side, and not to the servers, you'll be able to play with others who have successfully patched their game without patching yourself.
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