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Article #719762Re: A GOG DRM-free release is announced on Steam :-) :-)
From: Jim
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:13
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:13
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"John Lewis" <john...@frontier.com> wrote in message news:514ca15c.9732859@news.giganews.com... > Valve, being chronic $$control-freaks$$, will probably now > contractually insist that any games achieving "greenlit" status either > be sold exclusively using Steam-DRM,. or have a limited Steam initial > exclusivity.... > > BTW, you can indeed now preorder the game on GOG.... DRM-free, of > course.... There are DRM free games on Steam so I don't think its required. http://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_drmfree_games_on_steam/page1 Skyrim was DRM free until the first patch so if it is required its not enforced very well.
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