Gamer.at: Who thought the Second World War is long over, has made a mistake. By Order of War: Challenge Square Enix sends us back on the battlefields of the bloodiest military conflict in recent human history.
Forbes: It was bound to happen sooner or later. Valve’s online gaming distribution website Steam has removed what appears to be the very first game from user libraries. Many games have been removed from the Steam store, but have remained in user libraries. Individuals have had games removed for various reasons as well, but this appears to be the first game, in its entirety, removed from every user library.
"But due to always-online DRM, even the single-player portion of the game requires the servers to be up and running."
The benefits of always-online DRM.
Every game on any platform has drm of some sort, unless it's from gog.com. Online only console games become useless at some point as well. What's really funny is how people think having a disc with a picture on it is somehow more ownership, download the game and store it anywhere and you have the same ownership...
One simple layer of DRM such as Steam is not a big deal. It is not online only DRM and it has its benefits which dont need to be stated. Having multiple layers of DRM is problematic. Having Steam + Uplay, securerom, GFWL etc is just punishing people who have activated keys with Steam. I am glad to see gfwl being patched out. I bought a couple games and when I found out it used it I skipped playing them. Only one I can remember wanting to deal with it for was the Arkham series but even that has been patched out which is great.
Online only DRM needs to be phased out.
Part of the blame lies in Steam. Steam can choose what it publishes in their library, and it should NOT allow always online single player games in its library. It can opt to not generate revenue from such games, and the publishers can choose to not use Steam. A wise publisher would opt to use Steam. If the publishers are any smart, they should let Steam handle their DRM for them, which I find fair.
The only time they need extra DRM layers is when they SELL a physical copy to you, but they want you to play through Steam without the dics. Then they need to make a coaster out of that disc, as it could potentially be used to install on several different accounts and computers, which is not feasible. But all these can be done transparently to user, using Steam's infrastructure.
Game Vortex writes: "Who doesn't love it when they get what they asked for? Not too long ago I played and reviewed Order of War, or OoW as you would see it in the forums. I said then, "I would like to see a more challenging title quickly on the heels of this one, as long as it can keep the same graphical and gameplay quality." Well, the Wargaming.net folks heard me loud and clear, and delivered us Order of War: Challenge. They even threw what I was looking for into the title, so what more could I want? Any feeling of the word "casual" that I used last time to describe the game is replaced with the frantic, in your face, play you can only get from human competitors. The best part is that this is a standalone title. If single player isn't your thing, why waste time? You can jump right in with this multiplayer version."
Wargaming.net has announced the release of a new update for its multiplayer strategy title Order of War: Challenge, now available for download.