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The THQ UK Website
now shows off more of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War II in a new video
with multiplayer action from Relic's upcoming futuristic RTS sequel (thanks
Fausticle). On a related note,
VideoGamer.com
recently spoke with Dawn Of War II associate producer Jeff Lydell about plans
for digital rights management in the game, and he says while they are "looking
at some form of DRM" for the game, it will likely not entail a limitation on
active installs, though his statement hedges a bit: "Not that I'm aware of, at
this point." Here's what he says about their approach to DRM: "We are looking at
some form of DRM for Dawn of War II, but we're heavily concerned with the
consumer end of that, and the consumer experience. We want people to be able to
play their games on multiple PCs. We want them to be able to play it with their
friends, and most importantly we want any authentication to not be annoying or a
detriment to the experience." In a separate
excerpt from that
conversation they quote Lydell on the topic of piracy: "It's certainly a
threat to triple A gaming. It makes developers and publishers reluctant to
invest large amounts of money in a just-pc product, unless there's some form of
guarantee. Sometimes they hedge their bets with cross-platform developments,
sometimes it's persistent online stuff that you need to subscribe to. But piracy
is not going away. As an industry, piracy is something we have to work around,
not something to try and eliminate - because that's a losing fight."
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