Four Add-ons Planned For Sins of a Solar Empire

With the first add-on pack for Sins of a Solar Empire arriving in just under a month, publisher Kalypso Media has announced that three more add-ons are on their way as well. Gamespot has an early look at the first add-on, Entrenchment, and a couple of additional screenshots are available at Shacknews. The game's creative director, Craig Frazer, also explained their reasoning for making small expansions rather than large ones: "If PC gaming is to survive, the industry will need to be open to change. We went out on a limb with our anti-DRM stance and it paid off really well. We tried an unusually long beta period and that worked as well. Micro-expansions are just another experiment we are trying out to improve the market. These small expansions give us the opportunity to provide highly focused, high quality content within a reasonable time frame. Micro-expansions also reduce the development risk associated with 1-3 year cycles. With lower risk, we can be far more progressive in terms of gameplay and content."

Comments

Re:You can't knock Kalypso Media

[nschubach]

Rename that sig.bin file in the Sins folder and tell me it doesn't have DRM when it asks you to activate. It's a hardware key tied to the device you installed it on.

Re:You can't knock Kalypso Media

[nschubach]

That's funny because I did the exact same thing and got this message:
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5128/screenshotgalacticcivilex5.png

Yes, that's on my Wine box, but it also happened when I moved Gal Civ to my XP Tablet from my XP gaming box.

So, one of us is lying, one of us is lucky, or you have a different GalCiv than I do.

Re:You can't knock Kalypso Media

[nschubach]

Here are two more screen caps that I just took. Maybe you can tell me why this isn't DRM?

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/9635/galcivactivatefailnq9.png
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/4140/galcivactivateke2.png

Maybe we need to look up the definition of DRM again:
"DRM is a restriction on the use or copying of files, imposed by the copyright owner."

"Digital rights management (DRM) refers to the control and protection of digital intellectual property (content), including documents, images, video and audio. DRM limits what a user can do with that content even when in possession of it."

"Digital rights managementâ"overall term for security approaches used to prevent unauthorized access to digital media."

"DRM refers to the administration of rights in a digital environment. DRM solutions may use technologies to protect files from unauthorised use, as well as manage the financial transaction processing, while ensuring that rights holders are compensated for the use of their intellectual property."