Quoting: Pengling[...] It just goes to show how little they have going for them in this case if that's all they could come up with, so hopefully they'll lose this one and won't be able to enact chilling effects on future competition.

They'll also have a really hard time enforcing such patents, as software and gameplay mechanics are not universally patentable over the world.

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Ah... here we go again. :neutral:

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyTechnically you're correct - but GOG.com is a rare exception to the rule; in saying that, there have been occasional instances over the years where GOG.com has still wrapped games in DRM, as I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong).

I remember people being angry about the Aliens vs Predator MP requiring the Galaxy client. But IIRC they had to completely rewrite that part of the software, so without that effort we would not have MP at all.
And the GOG version of Horizon Zero Dawn still has the horrible feature of scanning all your stuff and phoning home, but that is more the publisher's fault.
Have there been any other incidents?

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Quoting: JoomThere's quite a few indies that still allow self-hosting. They're mostly MMOs and survival games, but that's kind of how it's always been. My friends and I run servers for Abiotic Factor, Enshrouded, Palworld, Valheim, and we're thinking of kicking a Path of Titans server. We hate playing on pubs, and if a game offers a server, we try to opt for that.

True, some still exist. But I am still miffed about the deactivation of the BFBC2 servers. :grin: I liked that game.

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Quoting: _wojtekIsn't this because of the publishers/developers wanting to keep tight grip on the game? And everything having to be connected and "massive"? Quite often local clan would be more than enough to have fun...

I recon it is...
It has made me personally invest a lot less time, money and effort into playing MP games though.

Which reminds me - if anyone still hasn't signed up for https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ [External Link] / https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home [External Link] -- now's the time! :)

Yes, this cannot be mentioned enough.

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I haven't even gotten around to playing the first one.
Well – on the pile labeled "I'll play that during XMas holidays" it goes... :grin:

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Quoting: mZSq7Fq3qsI miss the times when allmost all games had their own dedicaded servers available and you could just host your own server.

Good god, yes! I am SO annoyed by the fact that community maintained servers are going the way of the dodo... :angry:

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Quoting: ZeloxTo be honest, they could give me the game for free and I wouldn’t take it. I just can’t handle another client.
It’s the same with ea and blizzard 🤷‍♂️

Hmmm... I naively assumed that "offline" would go hand in hand with not relying on their stupid launcher anymore... :neutral:

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Hmmm... Jetpack you say... :grin:

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The video preview image is giving me Cadaver [External Link] vibes... :smile:

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