The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Will Not Feature DRM

CD Projekt Red, the developer of The Witcher series, have confirmed to Kotaku that the next entry in the franchise, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, will not feature DRM.

"We are trying to get rid of DRM," game designer Miciej Szczesnik said. "If someone wants to pirate a game, eventually he will."

The developer's managing director Adam Badowski added "Which is bad of course. But you can't do anything about it, so. We want to give the best user experience possible. When we remvoed DRM, people on those torrents were actually asking people not to download our game, because we [had stopped using DRM]."

DRM's exclusion from The Witcher 3 is not entirely surprising, last year CEO Martin Iwinski commented "[With] Every subsequent game, we will never use DRM anymore. It's just overcomplicating things.

"DRM does not protect your game. If there are examples that it does, then people maybe should consider it, but then there are complications with legit users," Iwinski concluded.

While most will welcome the fact DRM won't be making an appearance in Wild Hunt it's cold comfort to those put through Diablo 3's Error 37 hiccup or the notroious difficulties surrounding SimCity's launch. 

Ubisoft have removed the feature altogether from their games while EA labels president Frank Gibeau has recently said DRM is a "failed, dead end strategy." 

Nevertheless Bungie's upcoming Destiny will require an always online connection though the developer has expressed confidence in their ability to launch the game smoothly. 

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is due for release on PC and next generation consoles.