In announcing its first major patch for Mass Effect: Andromeda last week, BioWare highlighted fixes to the game's much-maligned facial animations, as well as gameplay tweaks like larger inventories and skippable cutscenes. One thing BioWare forgot to mention in its patch notes, though, is an improved version of Denuvo DRM that is forcing pirates to use an outdated version of the game... at least for now.
[...] It's unclear why Mass Effect: Andromeda didn't feature the latest version of Denuvo in its initial release. In any case, the updated DRM leaves pirates stuck with a much less polished version of the game, and it could keep them away from months of further patches that are already in the works. It's a situation that reminds us a bit of Game Dev Tycoon and other games that intentionally make pirated versions inferior to legitimately purchased copies.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 13 2017, @12:27AM (1 child)
Playing a game without paying, when it's still actively sold, is not fair use. Period.
Does it count as "actively sold" if you can't buy it because you live in the wrong country (aka region blocking)?
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday April 13 2017, @01:11AM
Legally, yes.
"Fair use" has an actual definition. It's not just some kid looking at a toy they want, being told no, and claiming "It's not fair".