Chris Priestley, Bioware's Community Coordinator has announced that Mass Effect 3 will require EA's game management system Origin and as a result won't be available to purchase on Steam.
Priestley said that the game wouldn't be making it's way to the problem because of the restrictions that Steam's Terms of Service set for developers wishing to use it's platform. "Steam has adopted a set of restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content." He went on to say that in the best interests of the consumer they were withdrawing the game from Steam at the initial release.
Priestley also announced that Origin would be compulsory for all PC gamers who buy a physical or digital copy of the game. The DRM will require a one time activation in order to play the single player campaign but multiplayer will require a constant connection to Origin.This will come as bad news to those with unstable internet connections.
Mass Effect 3 is due to be released on March 9th in Europe or earlier if you live in North America or Australia.
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