Electronic Arts (EA) have just released a set of game-specific de-authorization tools for many of their recent games (pictured here), making the implemented Digital Rights Management (DRM) a little less burdensome. This is virtually identical to the method 2K used post-release with BioShock, whereby users could "free up" an activation for their game upon uninstalling, giving the activation limit much more freedom and allowing the user to install their games as many times as they like, albeit on a limited number of PCs at a time.
Of course, this still doesn't solve the worry people have about the authentication servers shutting down one day and not being able to play their game in however many years (which, indeed, many of EA's games are worthy of), but it's a step, we suppose.
And while we applaud EA for this move, this is the kind of thing that should probably be ready at launch, if DRM is insisted upon, no?
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