Bioware: Dragon Age 2 doesn’t use SecuROM for DRM

There have been widespread rumours that despite claiming otherwise, Bioware’s latest RPG offering, Dragon Age 2 uses SecuROM DRM for the PC version. However, it appears that, this is not the case and the whole thing is just a confusion.

Bioware Live Team Technical Producer Derek “CrushBug” French has issued a statement denying the use of SecuROM in Dragon Age 2 and explains how:

“Sorry, but there is some confusion on this. We use Sony Release Control which shares some functionality with other Sony products (SecuROM), but we do not use SecuROM for the DRM. Once the Sony Release Control check is passed, Release Control self-destructs, removing the Release Control wrapper and it is never used again. Game updates will not use Release Control because obviously the release date is passed. Additionally, installing the game and then any future game patch will also remove the Sony Release Control check and it will never run on your computer.”

He also clarified that there’s no SecuROM process running in your PC once the game installs:

“There is no running process once it unwraps and self-destructs.

He also divulged details about registry entires created by the process:

“An inert registry entry that does nothing.”

He also explained about files remaining on users’ hard drives, he said:

“In a temp folder that is never referenced again. This part is sloppy and should be cleaned up, though. We will see about doing that in a patch.”

There you go, it looks like, people are lashing against the developer for no apparent reason, and Dragon Age 2, inspite of being a sub-par sequel to one of the most exciting RPGs this gen, atleast isn’t cheating the consumers.

However, we are trying to contact EA regarding this matter and will update this post as we get a response.

Thanks, Blue