King`s Bounty: Warriors of the North announced

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Originally Posted by Nike-it

It's too early to say about final DRM, but in any case it will be available on Steam with standard DRM.

Steam is online DRM.

I will be waiting to see/hear what DRM it will turn out to have in the end. I bought King's Bounty: The Legend immediately when I found out it didn't have internet-based DRM (only a disc check) on the DVD version and it was truly an awesome game. Naturally, I wanted more of that great experience, so I was excited when King's Bounty: Armored Princess was announced. Unfortunately, I then discovered that it has online-based DRM, so I didn't purchase it or its Crossworlds version.

Hopefully, King's Bounty: Warriors of the North will return to the disc check DRM instead of online activation (or worse).

Basically, my boycott of online DRM stems from the fact that I don't want to be dependent on a third party to install/activate/run games after I have purchased them. Many of my favorite classics are pretty old (some are older than 15 years or even 20 years now) were produced by companies that no longer exist (e.g. Heroes of Might and Magic III or Dark Sun: Shattered Lands). If there they had some sort of online activation (or worse), they would be unplayable now. Hence, I decided not to buy any games with online-based DRM as a form of protest against the practice. Having said that, I recognize the need for companies to protect their intellectual property, that's why I don't mind disc checks and forms of DRM that is not dependent on some third party's continued existence decades down the line.

Sorry for the long rant - I just wanted to explain my reasoning.