EA drops SecuROM in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Steam version

A new patch for the Steam version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is now available, which includes the removal the highly controversial SecuROM DRM software. More after the jump.

A new patch for the Steam version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is now available, which includes the removal the highly controversial SecuROM DRM software. The sizable update is now available on Steam and includes:

Miscellaneous

• SecuROM is no longer present

Single Player

• Fixed: Graphical issues on some systems on SP_03 (at start and when displaying background mountains at Up river)
• Fixed: Character voice issue during cut scenes in SP_03b (only affected Spanish)
• Fixed: Hang when killed using TOW Launchers in SP_05
• Fixed: Graphical issue on some systems on SP_05 (displaying background mountains)
• Fixed: Voice volume in cut scenes on SP_06
• Fixed: Unexpected dialog at start of SP_08 (only affected Italian)
• Fixed: Random crash in SP_09 cut scenes

Multi Player

• Fixed: Server Browser – Joining a password protected server results in a connection timeout
• Fixed: Server Browser auto updating server list when reopened causing a timeout issue
• Fixed: Password issue during Friend invites
• Fixed: Password text field issue on joining a password protected server
• Fixed: Flickering ship on Arica Harbor
• Fixed: Clan tags that use numbers in them displaying a 0 on the Select Spawn Point screen
• Fixed: Display issue on long server names
• Fixed: Mortar Strike icon not updating (Beta issue)
• Fixed: No Exit Game menu option appearing at the end of some rounds.
• Fixed: Flickering user rank icon (appeared as an animated gif) when user reaches rank 10.
• Fixed: Flickering trees and Red Box on Laguna Presa
• Fixed: User is logged out when failing to create a new soldier
• Fixed: Zeus stationary weapon not appearing in stats
• Fixed: Zu23 not appearing in stats
• Fixed: BMD3 AA not appearing in stats
• Fixed: Friend request displaying incorrect Veteran stats
• Fixed: End of Round screen displayed incorrect UAV_Station now displays correct localized text.
• Fixed: K/D ratio displays in the Front End
• Fixed: K/D ratio displays correctly when comparing
• Change: Server browser now defaults to list via Ping first
• Change: News Ticker font support for Spanish, Polish, Russian and Japanese
• Change: New message for server full (reported as I get no message when I try and join a server, it does nothing)
• Change: New message displayed for attempting to join a password protected server without providing a password (reported as I get no message when I try and join a server, it does nothing;)
• Change: Displays version number on Front End Legal Screen
• Change: Display of weapon icon during loading screen

via [Steam]