News Item: : Ubisoft discusses their PC games' new online-required DRM
(Category: Video Game News)
Posted by Sleepy
Friday 19 February 2010 - 10:25:30
A spokesperson for Ubisoft discusses their new mandate to incorporate online DRM into all of their PC games. The idea is that you must have a working internet connection to start a game and to continue playing it. So if your internet connection dies mid-game, so will your game.
To be fair, there seems to be some perks as well. You no longer need to have a disc in your drive. They also store your savegames on their servers. So no more hard drive crashes completely derailing your progress in a game.
Full interview at PC Gamer
This news item is from Intelligent Gamer
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(Category: Video Game News)
Posted by Sleepy
Friday 19 February 2010 - 10:25:30
A spokesperson for Ubisoft discusses their new mandate to incorporate online DRM into all of their PC games. The idea is that you must have a working internet connection to start a game and to continue playing it. So if your internet connection dies mid-game, so will your game.
To be fair, there seems to be some perks as well. You no longer need to have a disc in your drive. They also store your savegames on their servers. So no more hard drive crashes completely derailing your progress in a game.
Full interview at PC Gamer
This news item is from Intelligent Gamer
( http://www.intelligentgamer.com/news.php?extend.144 )