Command & Conquer 4 Says No to DRM, But Yes to Internet Connection

EA just announced that upcoming Command & Conquer 4 will have no DRM. Great news until they also announced that the game will sort of need you to be connected to the internet to play the game. Well, I’m just confused because isn’t that sort of a DRM itself?

EA community manager Apoc wrote on their forums

“First thing to be clear about, Command & Conquer 4 has NO DRM. Zip, zero, zilch, none.”

“You can install the game from the disc as many times as you want on any machine. Re-install, etc. ”

“You do not need the disc in your machine to play. Your EA account just needs to have been activated by your serial key. After that, you can play Command & Conquer 4 on ANY MACHINE that has it installed. All you need to do is login.”

Hooray!

Then he added saying “To play Command & Conquer 4, the computer needs to be connected to the internet.”

Booo!

Hey, the only good news from this is that no word yet whether you will need the internet full time or just at certain parts of the game. This certainly brings back memories to Ubisoft and the Assassin’s Creed 2 issue.

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