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Duke Nukem Forever requires Steam log-in for PC play

News by Brenna Hillier Contributor

Published on Feb. 16, 2011

If you want to play Duke Nukem Forever on the platform it calls ancestral home, you'll need to swallow your anti-DRM bile, as every single PC version will require a linked Steam account.

A post on the Gearbox forums confirmed the decision to utilise Valve's Steamworks DRM system.

A Gearbox community manager pointed out the advantages of the DRM system by commenting "You'll always be able to install a copy of the game even if you lose your disc."

In a later post, the representative re-confirmed that no other DRM system will be used, regardless of where and how the player purchases the game.

Duke Nukem Forever explodes onto PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on May 3 in the US and May 6 everywhere else.

Thanks, Shack.