DRM set up for PC Alone in the Dark revealed

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DRM set up for PC Alone in the Dark revealed

Posted Jun 20th 2008 10:30AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Hardware, Survival horror

Alone in the Dark is set for release next week from developer Eden Studios and publisher Atari and now gamers who what the PC version can now know what they are getting into in terms of both system requirements and the game's DRM. Here's the word directly from the press release:

The PC version of Alone in the Dark is protected using SecuROM online activation. This requires that in addition to the content on the game disk, players download an additional component via an internet connection in order to install and run the game. Once the game has been correctly installed and activated, it can be played whilst offline.

To install the game on a different computer, players must revoke the serial number when uninstalling from the first machine (this is an automatic option during the uninstall process).

So you have been warned ahead of time. As far as system requirements they are about as expected with a Pentium 4 .2.8 Ghz or Athlon X2 +3800 as listed as minimal processors, 1 GB of memory, 9.5 GB of hard drive space and and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or ATI Radeon X1950 as the miminal graphics card. It looks like the game won't be using DirectX10 at all; DirectX9 is all that is listed.

Tags: alone-in-the-dark, atari, eden-studios

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

hmmPosted at 10:56AM on Jun 20th 2008 by paulheuts

Geez, this DRM stuff is getting ridiculous. Most of these companies should consider downloadable distribution through things like Steam by now, anyway. Mass Effect for the PC was already ruined and riddled with bugs because of stuff like this.Posted at 12:58PM on Jun 20th 2008 by Carlton S.

Canceled my pre-order earlier today. I'm sick and tired of paying good money only to be treated like a criminal. I don't want to deal with having to call support in order reinstall the game if my drive were to die without proper uninstallation. I don't want to have to find a cracked version 10 years from now after the SecuROM servers are down if I want to replay the game. I'm just sick of putting up with this crap. I find it sad that DRM has gotten to the point that it is likely costing publishers and developers more sales than the loss it supposed to be protecting them from from piracy.

...bysmittyPosted at 1:39PM on Jun 20th 2008 by bysmitty

Another game I won't be getting. Posted at 9:32PM on Jun 20th 2008 by Div

Thats a great shame. I have learned my lesson about DRM in PC games. I was looking forward to buying Alone in the dark, but I guess I will not be buying it now.

Maybe in a couple of years it will be released on a budget lable without DRM but until then I will buy something with a friendly DRM system.

DRM is replacing fun with pain in PC games.

... talkjackPosted at 5:54AM on Jun 29th 2008 by talkjack