14 DAY TRIAL // BioWare, as the developer, and Electronic Arts, fulfilling the role of publisher, have announced the Digital Rights Management schemes that they are including in the upcoming role-playing game Dragon Age 2 on the PC.
The best option seems to be picking up the game on Steam, with Dragon Age 2 using the DRM included in the digital distribution platform, without making the player perform any additional steps.
Those who get a retail edition of the game will have to go an extra couple of steps, with the game authenticating when it installs for the first time.
There's a limit on how many different computers can access the same retail copy of the game in the same 24 hour period, currently set at five, but there's no limit regarding how many machines Dragon Age 2 can be installed on at the same time.
It's also possible for PC gamers to play without being connected to the Internet for some period of time, which the publisher and developer have not yet nailed down, but then the game will require gamers to go and sign in.
Electronic Arts also says that their system for checking launch dates will be used in Dragon Age 2 meaning that those who are lucky enough to get a copy before official street game will have to wait a while to actually play it.
Dragon Age 2 has not actual multiplayer meaning that the Ten Dollar Project measures, which mean second hand gamers have to pay for multiplayer, do not apply here.
Still, BioWare is offering gamers the possibility to pre-order a set of bonuses linked to a one time code, meaning that there is some side quest content in the role-playing game that second-hand buyers will have to pay for.
Dragon Age 2 is the latest traditional role-playing game from BioWare, with the player tasked with guiding the life of one Hawke, a crucial character in the game universe.