Speaking on the game's official forums, a representative has suggested that Dragon Age: Origins will omit some of the techniques that have proved controversial in debutants like Spore.

The game is currently being developed for the PC, and 360, and there had been rumours that something similar to the SecuROM system might once again raise hackles.

Thankfully not, it would seem: "We're happy to announce that the boxed/retail PC version of Dragon Age: Origins will use only a basic disk check and it will not require authentication. In other words, the PC version of the game won't require you to go online to authenticate the game for offline play. We have chosen not to use SecuROM in any version of that is distributed by EA or BioWare."

More Dragon Age soon.

By Luke Guttridge