14 DAY TRIAL // Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that it will be launching a patch, which is already being worked on, that will allow gamers to play the PC version of From Dust without being connected to the Internet, eliminating the controversial DRM measures that have been integrated into the game.
A post on the official Ubisoft forums says, “Our tech teams are working on a patch that should release in approximately two weeks that will eliminate the need for any online authentication. Once the patch is ready, players who already have the game will automatically receive the update on their next login and subsequent game sessions will be 100 percent offline.”
The developers are apparently making sure that the patch is designed so that the progress of all players is unaffected by the fact that the game will no longer be required to always be connected to the Internet.
The forum post also adds an apology for the problems that PC gamers have been having with From Dust, saying, “We recognize that one of our posts in the From Dust forum regarding the need for authentication in the game was not clear. We sincerely apologize for the misunderstanding.”
Presumably those who pick up the game after the launch of the patch will need to connect to the Ubisoft servers once in order to authenticate their servers of the game and will be then able to play without being constantly connected to the servers of the publisher.
The controversy about From Dust originated from the publisher's statement that it will not use restrictive DRM which clashed with the reality of the game asking to always be connected in order to be playable.
The publisher has claimed that its DRM measures have resulted in a decrease of piracy for its titles.
From Dust is a combination between a God and a puzzle game.