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Dragon Age II DRM Explained

By james_fudge

A thread on BioWare's social network attempts to explain how the DRM in Dragon Age II will work. Steam versions of the game will obviously use Steam's DRM solution. Boxed retail and digital versions of the game will require the end user to authenticate the game "after a select period of days."

The game will feature a "Release Control" system as well that will prevent users from playing the game before its official release date (we assume this is for digital distributions that are "pre-loaded" like on Steam). This system will not install additional software on your PC to accomplish this.

The game will not require the disc to be in the drive to play, and can be installed on an unlimited number of PCs. The game can also be played on up to five computers over a "24-hour period." Each install does require logging in to your EA account to verify game ownership. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on February 01, 2011 (boomark / email).