Don’t you love being locked out of a game that doesn’t even feature online multiplayer because you’re not connected to the Internet? What a fun 2013 problem.

It’s the year 2020 and the vocabulary around gaming is just a complete mess where something means both nothing and everything.

Now imagine you’re a Capcom, right? It’s the weekend, your game has shipped, and your staff are off celebrating the rave reviews. But someone (probably dimwit Bob in the back office) forget to delete the shipping executable for Devil May Cry 5 that doesn’t have DRM on it from the Steam repository. Someone has now discovered that executable, and copies …

Metro Exodus was in the news recently for its move to the Epic Game Store as part of an exclusivity deal between Deep Silver and Epic Games, and today it was cracked just 5 days after release.

The Blockchain isn't just used in the realm of cryptocurrecy, and Sony is attempting to leverage its power to create an entirely new form of DRM for its products.

GOG has offered DRM-free games since its inception, but they’re now taking it a step further with their FCKDRM initiative. It highlights games and media providers who eschew restrictive protections by offering offering DRM-free games, music, books, and video.

Denuvo is not an especially loved bit of software in the PC gaming community. It’s a bit of DRM that’s been used for a while - but has largely been cracked. One of its biggest crackers has now being met with litigation and arrest.

The cat-and-mouse between video game pirates is a chase that’ll never really stop happening. At best, DRM and other anti-tampering systems keep games protected for months. At worst, it’s just a day or two after release before cracked games are out in the wild.