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EA punts SecuROM-less games on Steam

 
And in ('most of') Europe, too. Electronic Arts is now offering Spore and several other 2008 titles without SecuROM, the shady embedded third-party digital rights management software largely responsible for making Spore the most pirated game of the year.… Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms (link)

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