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Title: Windows 10 won't run games with commonly hated DRM platforms
Post by: wraith808 on August 20, 2015, 02:26 PM: Windows 10 won't run games with SafeDisc or Securom DRM (http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-wont-run-games-safedisc-or-securom-drm)

Microsoft has announced that it will block games utilizing SafeDisc or Securom DRM on Windows 10, citing security concerns owing to a lack of support by the companies that made them.

To add insult to injury, SafeDisc is saying that Microsoft should have been the one to do the updates.
Title: Re: Windows 10 won't run games with commonly hated DRM platforms
Post by: TaoPhoenix on August 20, 2015, 07:03 PM: This is actually a fascinating new angle to the DRM wars!
Title: Re: Windows 10 won't run games with commonly hated DRM platforms
Post by: Deozaan on August 22, 2015, 11:49 PM: Weird. I hope I don't have any games that use SecuROM and SafeDisc. I haven't delved much into my game collection since installing Windows 10 on my machine.
Title: Re: Windows 10 won't run games with commonly hated DRM platforms
Post by: wraith808 on August 23, 2015, 12:12 PM: Weird. I hope I don't have any games that use SecuROM and SafeDisc. I haven't delved much into my game collection since installing Windows 10 on my machine.
-Deozaan (August 22, 2015, 11:49 PM)

There are some ON STEAM that use SecuROM. I don't purchase those. And I'm glad.

A couple of examples of games on my wishlist that I've held out from purchasing:

Tron: Evolution (http://store.steampowered.com/app/315440/)

Batman: Arkham Asylum (http://store.steampowered.com/app/35140/) did - they removed it from the GOTY (I'd already purchased it somewhere else because of that)

Blood Bowl Legendary Edition (http://store.steampowered.com/app/58520/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1) did... but they removed it, so I bought it.

PC Gaming's Wiki has a list of SecuROM games (http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_Big_List_of_3rd_Party_DRM_on_Steam#SecuROM) (and other DRM Games) on Steam.
Title: Re: Windows 10 won't run games with commonly hated DRM platforms
Post by: Deozaan on August 25, 2015, 12:16 AM: Thanks for that. I do have a few, such as Fable 3. I guess I'll have to figure something out if I ever want to play those again. . .
Title: Re: Windows 10 won't run games with commonly hated DRM platforms
Post by: Deozaan on August 25, 2015, 05:20 PM: It took some work(arounds) but Fable 3 seems to be working. And Sacred 2 (GOG edition) seems to work for me, too.

I think everything else I have on that list, I actually own the GOTY edition or whatever version had the SecuROM removed.
Title: Re: Windows 10 won't run games with commonly hated DRM platforms
Post by: f0dder on September 16, 2015, 01:36 PM: Thanks for that. I do have a few, such as Fable 3. I guess I'll have to figure something out if I ever want to play those again. . .
-Deozaan (August 25, 2015, 12:16 AM)
There's pretty easy solutions for that ;)

First thing I used to do after purchasing a game was finding a crack for it - with the CD drive I had back then, SecuROM and similar crap sometimes slowed down startup by around a minute or more.
Title: Re: Windows 10 won't run games with commonly hated DRM platforms
Post by: lanux128 on September 23, 2015, 07:28 PM: new Security update disables SafeDisc (http://www.pcgamer.com/security-update-disables-safedisc-games-in-windows-vista-7-and-8/) games in Windows Vista, 7, and 8 according to a PC Gamer report.