Bad Company 2 PC Patch removes SecuROM DRM from Steam Version
Wednesday, March 17 2010 @ 10:38 PM GMT
The Steam version of EA's Battlefield Bad Company 2 is about to get a new patch, and amidst the little tweaks and fixes is some welcome news: the game's SecuROM DRM software will also be uninstalled.
SecuROM has been a pain in the ass of every PC gamer since it first turned up a few years back, so every time it's rolled back should go down as a win for the little guy.
It's the latest in a series of moves by publisher EA, which has scaled back the influence of SecuROM in its PC games in recent months following the disastrous launch of Spore. Dragon Age never had it, Mass Effect's was removed, and now this.
Note, however, this applies only to the Steam version of the game. Guess EA felt Steam's own authentication routines were good enough.
DICE patched Battlefield Bad Company 2 with numerous bug-fixes and UI improvements (full list below). The patch for the Steam version of the game is still forthcoming pending some additional testing. Thankfully, multiplayer servers have not been patched so Steam users will be able to play with non-Steam users despite not having the latest client version.
DICE patched Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - the 522175 UPDATE-Changelog
