SecuROM DRM Reaches Space Phase, Decides to Conquer Far Cry 2

You didn't think escaping the three least popular letters in the alphabet would be that easy, did you? Today, Ubisoft Forum Manager "bukowski113" confirmed Spore DRM's "The Empire Strikes Back," placing yet another title under SecuROM's much-maligned rule. According to his forum post, Far Cry 2's DRM will work as follows:

• You have 5 activations on 3 separate PCs.
•  Uninstalling the game “refunds” an activation. This process is called “revoke”, so as long as you complete proper uninstall you will be able to install the game an unlimited number of times on 3 systems.
•  You can upgrade your computer as many time as you want (using our revoke system)
•  Ubisoft is committed to the support of our games, and additional activations can be provided.
•  Ubisoft is committed to the long term support of our games: you’ll always be able to play Far Cry 2

In short, it's more or less unchanged from Spore's variation on the theme. We'll be buying Far Cry 2 anyway, though. After all, we just enticed a bunch of readers into taking up their pitchforks, so we feel we've done our part in the protest. DRM is bad and should be hated!

Like that.