Rayman Origins coming to PC DRM free

Rayman Origins coming to PC DRM free
James Orry Updated on by

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Rayman Origins will be available for PC on March 30, 2012, Ubisoft has announced.

Our hero Rayman is invoked by the Fairy Council to save the Glade of Dreams from the nefarious Darktoons. To help him, he teams up with his best friend, Globox, and two crafty wizards, the Teensies.

Perhaps more interesting that the game’s release is news that Ubisoft – a publisher known for using draconian copy protection on its PC releases – will be publishing the PC version of Rayman with no DRM.

Minimum configuration

  • OS: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP2 / Windows 7 SP1
  • Processor: Intel Pentium IV 3.00 Ghz or AMD Athlon64 3000+ @ 1.8 Ghz
  • Memory: 1 GB Windows XP / 1.5 GB Windows Vista – Windows 7
  • Graphics: 128 MB DirectX 9 / Radeon X600XT or GeForce 6800GT
  • DirectX: DirectX 9.0c or higher
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0-compliant sound card

Recommended configuration

  • OS: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP2 / Windows 7 SP1
  • Processor: Intel Core2Duo E4400 @ 2.00 Ghz or AMD Athlon64X2 3800+ @ 2.00Ghz
  • Memory: 2 GB Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7
  • Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 9 / Radeon HD 2600XT or GeForce 8600GT
  • DirectX: DirectX 9.0c or higher
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0-compliant sound card

Perhaps Ubisoft is using Rayman as a test case as it looks to reassess the pros and cons of DRM. Let’s hope the game does well and DRM free becomes a Ubisoft norm.