{"id":41603,"date":"2012-07-19T14:45:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T12:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=41603"},"modified":"2012-07-19T14:50:32","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T12:50:32","slug":"fortnite-might-include-always-on-drm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/41603-fortnite-might-include-always-on-drm","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite might include always-on DRM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PC gamers have a lot to love about Epic Games&#8217; co-op scavengin&#8217;, buildin&#8217;, zombie holocaust survivin&#8217; game Fortnite &#8211; mostly because (for now, anyway) it&#8217;s a PC exclusive and <em>nobody<\/em> does those anymore so that&#8217;s a treat &#8211; but now they might have something to hate about it too. Sure, balance is good, but what about always-on DRM? Not so much, perhaps.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Rock Paper Shotgun, producer Tanya Jessen admits that the studio hasn&#8217;t decided yet whether or not to use always-on DRM, but that if they did, it would totally be to make the game better (<em>obviously<\/em>) and besides, it&#8217;s a multiplayer game so you&#8217;d have to be online anyway (<em>obviously<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s something we don\u2019t know yet. It\u2019s gonna be really dependent on gameplay, and it\u2019s also dependent on platform \u2013 the method of getting updates and stuff like that. So I can\u2019t say for sure today one way or another [whether or not we&#8217;re going to use it],\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortnite is a game that\u2019s being developed as a co-op experience primarily. That\u2019s our number one focus. This is a game you\u2019re gonna want to play with your friends, and it\u2019s most fun with your friends. So whatever we decide to do there is gonna be more relevant to the most fun experience you can have with your friends [than it is to piracy]. But I can\u2019t nail that down today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So maybe, maybe not, and I guess we&#8217;ll have to wait to find out. Also, the word &#8220;draconian&#8221; because I didn&#8217;t use it anywhere else in the article.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-41278 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/41278-fortnight-screenshots-prepare-for-battle\/attachment\/fortnight-screenshot-1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fortnight-screenshot-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/41278-fortnight-screenshots-prepare-for-battle\/attachment\/fortnight-screenshot-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fortnight-screenshot-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/41278-fortnight-screenshots-prepare-for-battle\/attachment\/fortnight-screenshot-3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fortnight-screenshot-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/41278-fortnight-screenshots-prepare-for-battle\/attachment\/fortnight-screenshot-4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Fortnight-screenshot-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/2012\/07\/19\/exclusive-epic-mulling-always-online-for-fortnite\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock Paper Shotgun<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a 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title=\"Epic introduces new zombie IP Fortnite\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/29403-epic-introduces-new-zombie-ip-fortnite.html\" target=\"_blank\">Epic introduces new zombie IP Fortnite<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic&#8217;s PC exclusive game might come with some 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