It seems that EA has had just enough with users complaining about the protection software: the PC version of Dragon Age: Origins will be released without the dreaded SecuROM.
Eastern developers just ran out of luck on consoles: CD Projekt recently announced the cancelling of their console-exclusive project Witcher: Rise Of The White Wolf.
Konami dropped the Six Days in Fallujah title like a hot potato thanks to recent protests. The company feared that the game would only serve to enrage its customers and thus left the developers to get by on their own.