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Dawn of War Soulstorm Patch Delayed

[Sep 28, 2008, 2:25 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Relic.com has an update on the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War -- Soulstorm patch that was expected last week (story). The patch is delayed due to further complications; word is: "Unfortunately, we are having a hard time figuring out how to get around all sorts of new issues related to our digital distribution partners. We absolutely want everyone who bought Soulstorm, whether it was in-store or online, to be able to keep playing and enjoy the patch, but the myriad of different security implementations have led to a surprising number of problems." Thanks Akki and Relicnews.

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7.	...	Sep 28, 2008, 23:35	theyarecomingforyou
	Direct2Drive is just too much hassle in comparison to Steam. Not only that but most titles aren't even available outside of the US. NEway, I'm getting pretty tired of DRM - as well as screwing over legitimate users it's now responsible for delaying patches as well. Great. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Founder of the "I Hate Smiley Fitz" society Remember: Riley has autism. He has trouble communicating, and in an overstimulating environment, he can get frightened and run away, leaving his parents frantic. - Auburn




	Founder of the "I Hate Smiley Fitz, n00bdog and Twonky" society CPU upgrade? Check. Graphics upgrade? Not sure. I can wait for DX11 or grab a second 4870 now... or do both. Hmmm.

6.	No subject	Sep 28, 2008, 18:05	Zoomboy27
	I took a look at Direct2Drive a while ago and the big stopper on that for me was the separate patches that have to be run for each service. A regular patch for ordinary users but then there has to be for the D2D etc. DRM is just another layer to a problem that they haven't solved.

5.	:(	Sep 28, 2008, 18:03	sorted
	not fooking good.

4.	Re: DRM	Sep 28, 2008, 16:33	Kosumo
	DRM is sapping my sentry!!

3.	DRM	Sep 28, 2008, 16:25	Fausticle
	DRM raped my dog!




	~For every prayer HellSlayer makes to his nonexistent God, I shall eat a kitten.

2.	Re: No subject	Sep 28, 2008, 16:25	Woebringer
	Copy Rejection...err... "protection" strikes again. I have bought every release put out by Relic (Homeworld, IC, DoW, CoH) but this is pretty frakkin' ridiculous.

1.	No subject	Sep 28, 2008, 16:16	Overon
	What a fiasco. We absolutely want everyone who bought Soulstorm, whether it was in-store or online, to be able to keep playing and enjoy the patch, but the myriad of different security implementations have led to a surprising number of problems. "Security implementations" is a euphemism for DRM. But this word has become a bad word to use by those in the industry. This is the first time that I have heard where an official has blamed many DRM implementations for causing the delay of a patch. Add one more reason why DRM is horrible. Now it delays patching. This message was edited at Sep 28, 16:38.

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