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DRM: Login

Software concept

Any DRM that requires an account at an online service.

53
games
4
platforms
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Windows)
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
WIN 2010-07-27
Assassin's Creed II (Mac OS X)
Assassin's Creed II
OSX 2011-01-06
L.A. Noire (Windows)
L.A. Noire
WIN 2011-11
Far Cry 3 (Windows)
Far Cry 3
WIN 2012-10-10
Darkspore (Windows)
Darkspore
WIN 2011-03-29
Dragon Age: Origins (Windows)
Dragon Age: Origins
WIN 2009-10-23
Stealth Bastard (Windows)
Stealth Bastard
WIN 2011
Star Wars: The Old Republic (Windows)
Star Wars: The Old Republic
WIN 2011-12-20
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Mac OS X)
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
OSX 2010-07-27
Assassin's Creed II (Windows)
Assassin's Creed II
WIN 2010-02
Anna (Windows)
Anna
WIN 2012-09-21
Dungeons II (Windows)
Dungeons II
WIN 2015-04-24
See also: drm-activation, drm-online
These likely tie product key to the login account, making resale of the product impossible.

Note that this is not necessarily labeled as DRM anywhere, but the requirement to login at an online service (simply to start the game) is hardly anything but a DRM feature.

This is NOT for online-only games (e.g. MMOs).

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Parent group

Digital rights management

Child groups

Ubi.com account, Origin, Steamworks API, Rockstar Games Social Club, Kalypso Launcher

Games by year

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The first DRM: Login video game was released on April 20, 2002.

Kalypso Media Digital, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 34
Linux 10
Mac OS X 8
X360 1