BioShock removes activation issues

June 24, 2008

It’s a year late but still it’s the thought that counts right? For those of you
who have not heard BioShock has had it’s activation stigma removed.
Before this date the owner of a copy of the game was only allowed to
install the game on a few systems before it would expire.

This required online activation and then a few months later a tool came
out to allow for deactivation on a system. While 2K Games have removed
the install on a few systems limit from BioShock that doesn’t mean that
SecuROM has been disabled. On the official BioShock forum the 2K rep
Elizabeth Tobey said the following:

“You will still have to activate your copy, and you will still need to keep
the disc in the drive. SecuROM has not been removed–just the activation
limits on number of installs and number of computers you can install
BioShock on simultaneously.”

What also came was some good news that while online activation is
still required if the servers are ever removed 2K would release a patch
so it would no longer be required. The good news also comes in the
form that unlike every other update to a game to remove
the install limit no patch download is required it simply is a fix on
the activation server side so no user interaction is required.

What this means to you? Not that much unless you are a BioShock
owner or interested in online activation requirements in general.