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by Chris Faylor, Mar 01, 2010 3:30pm PSTJoining the ranks of Supreme Commander 2 PC and Aliens vs. Predator PC, Avalanche's Just Cause 2 PC will be using Valve's Steamworks DRM.
"Just Cause 2 uses Steamworks all the way," Square Enix London Studios community manager revealed to Shacknews commentor acare84 through the magic of Twitter.
Steamworks integration means that developers can use Valve's digital distribution platform Steam for such features as matchmaking, automatic game updates, downloadable content, plus server-side save and setting storage.
However, said integration also means that Steam must be installed for the game to be played, which has caused rival digital distribution outlets to not sell such titles.
The explosion-filled action game grapples its way to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 come March 23, with a demo offering 35 square miles of game world on March 4.
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since i got steam, i never lost a game again, never had scratched discs or problems playing a game because i'm offline or whatever. maybe somebody can explain to me some day, why steam isn't good. i mean i'm not a big fan of the whole drm thing too, but i understand the need of it when i look around and see all the piracy shit going on around me. hell i recently even had to install a pirated copy of a game after i couldn't play it with the original version.
really, don't you even dare to play down the piracy problems. oh and i'm in switzerland here, so money is NOT an issue. ah yes, the people i'm talking about are full grown ups.
so yes, steam IS the only halfway decent solution right now.
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