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Rage Gets Page on Steam; Rage Using Steamworks? [Updated]
by Brian Leahy, Aug 20, 2010 4:40pm PDT
[Update 8/23 4:10PM] Bethesda has clarified to Shacknews that the Steam page "does not mean anything one way or another regarding Steamworks. Too early to discuss." It just confirms that RAGE will be purchasable through Steam when it is released.
[Original Story] During QuakeCon 2010, a placeholder page for id Software's Rage appeared on Valve's Steam service suggesting that the title will be using Steamworks for DRM, much like publisher Bethesda's other upcoming titles, Fallout: New Vegas and Brink.
It is curious that a page should appear so far out from its release date of September 13, 2011--which isn't even listed on the Steam page--and does not yet appear on any other digital download services.
While the DRM used in Rage has not yet been revealed, lead designer Matt Hooper recently told Shacknews that he "thinks people will be pleased with the direction we're going," with regards to DRM. Hooper told us that id Software would wrap [the DRM announcement] in our multiplayer announcement."
Of the DRM solutions, Steamworks is generally regarded as one of the most acceptable to PC gamers, though it does have its critics.
Shacknews has contacted Bethesda for more information about the listing.
[Thanks, crimsonfate1983]
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I'd take no DRM over Steam any day, which probably has the same effect on piracy (i.e.: ZERO). But I'll take Steam over almost any other DRM, with the exception of a single CD check and no internet activation. Oh, and I refuse to buy anything with UbiShit DRM on it.
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its strange, i never even considered there may be people out there who do not like steam... i personally am its bitch
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It would be extremely stupid of them to use Steam for something more than a distribution system.
1. You must have the DVD in a drive to play.
2. You can "activate" it over the webs and you get 10 activations so no DVD is required in your drive. If you deactivate an installation before uninstalling then you don't lose the activation.
I hope more companies follow this DRM model, amazing this came from EA. Now if only they would fix the whole "Map Pack" garbage...
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its strange, i never even considered there may be people out there who do not like steam... i personally am its bitch
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It only makes sense that RAGE would be Steamworks because after all two other big Bethesda games Brink and New Vegas are also Steamworks titles.
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Rage is looking better and better!