Break it Down Blog

If you purchased BioShock 2 via Steam and preloaded it last night or early this morning and are trying to play it and are instead seeing this SecuROM DRM serial-number activation screen:

and thinking “hu? What serial number?!” then I’m here to help. Go back to your “My Games” screen in Steam, right-click on BioShock 2 [...]

You remember that old saying “Follow the money?” whenever you wanted to find the answer to something? It still applies…
For years now PC Gaming has “been dying” and giving way to consoles; the more locked down, publiser/advertiser friendly, vendor lock-in-encouraging devices that have meant to replace the 20 billion PC gamers on the planet.
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This is pretty badass news for the gamers out there that can’t stand fending for themselves with regards to game data… it looks like Valve will be going the “we’ll save all your stuff for free” route by enhancing Steam with a generic ability to store game-data files like save games, configuration files, etc.
The game [...]