Posts Tagged ‘No DRM’

World of Goo - No DRM Success

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Those 2D Boys behind World of Goo have posted an update regarding their no DRM experiment with their game.

so far, the experiment is going well. we’ve sent the full unprotected game out to the few thousand people who pre-ordered it before this past monday and we haven’t yet found the game on any torrent sites.

They do request that you get in touch with them if see any illegal copies on the internet.

The crucial thing is though that currently the game has only gone out to people who pre-ordered the game. These are people who were willing to pay the money for the game, and as such are less likely to go out spreading the game illegally. It must also be noted that the game hasn’t been released properly yet and hasn’t been covered madly in every magazine out there. No, it has just been me and a few other sites that have been doing that.

The true test will be what happens when the popularity of Goo explodes into a big world-wide thing. If piracy remains a small issue then, well 2D Boy will have proved in some small way that by creating a great game with no-DRM that piracy can be fought.

Here is to 2D Boy for having created a master-piece of a game.

Good Old Games

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Good Old Games

Good Old Games or GOG.com is the new venture from CD Projekt, the team behind The Witcher. Good Old Games is the latest entrant into the world of Digital Games Distribution and already has several key features that will set it aside from the competition when it launches in September.

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