Shroud of the Avatar: Offline, DRM Free, No Microtransaction

The latest KickStarter update for Richard Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar indicates that the game will allow for offline, DRM-free, microtransaction-less single player gaming. Single player characters and online MMO characters will be separate.

Second, the offline single player version of the game for those who purchase it through KickStarter will not use any form of DRM. We had been holding off on committing to that because we don’t know what our final distribution system (Steam, GOG, etc) is going to be and some of them use DRM. We may have DRM of some sort on post-KS sales but we’ll commit to keeping KS versions DRM and “phone home” free for the single player version once launched.

Read the update on the Shroud of the Avatar KickStarter page.