Following a two-week delay, Sega's latest hedgehog-central title Sonic Mania has now launched on PC, with one unexpected restriction - the game is only playable for Steam users who are logged in to their account, despite Sega's insistence that the game is intended to be playable offline.
As reported over on Ars Technica, users attempting to play the game in offline mode will be met with an error message informing that they must be logged on and connected to the Internet in order to play the game.
The problem seems to lie with Sega's decision to apply the digital rights management (DRM) copy-protection system Denuvo to the game - this system appears to automatically lock the game if attempting to play it offline.
Responding to the situation on the game's Steam news page, Sega confirms that the game is "intended to be played offline" and that they're investigating the problem - but they seem to be sticking to their guns as far as Denuvo is concerned, mentioning only that "not mentioning" the DRM is an error.
Meanwhile, over on Twitter, Aaron Webber, PR Manager for Sonic the Hedgehog, is asking fans to "make their voices heard" by feeding back to Sega's support page.
In particular, please do share your feedback on DRM or any issues you're having at the link above. Make your voices heard.
— Aaron Webber (@RubyEclipse) August 29, 2017
There's currently no indication on when a fix will arrive, although it seems that the developers are working on it - just don't expect the fix to come in the form of complete DRM removal. We'll keep you updated as the situation unfolds.
Matt Davidson is a freelance writer for IGN who pines for the simpler days of just jamming a cartridge into the top of your console. Follow him on Twitter!
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