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hm, never heard of the site. But the “games for windows” logo on the game art suggests they certainly do have drm (at least windows live).

TimovieMan - 18 June 2013 06:59 AM

The “Games for Windows” logo just means they’re PC games designed to run on Windows.

well, it means more than they work with windows, “games for windows” is a brand name by microsoft. So they had to get certification from them to opt into it. But because the live isnt anywhere on the art, it probably doesnt use live.

heres an example, its the “live” in the right that shows it has “games for windows live”.

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They’re not 100% DRM-free. They’re sometimes DRM-free. Here’s what they say on their site:

We believe the developers have a right to protect their property in a reasonable manner. We do not believe that the majority of DRM used today do so in a manner that is fair to paying customers. ShinyLoot is committed to providing only games without obtrusive DRM. We do not support games such as those that use Games for Windows Live for single player experiences, SecuROM, TAGES, or always on-line authentication for single player games. The hardest form of DRM you will find on ShinyLoot is a one-time CD-Key validation for single player games and CD-Key checks for accessing online servers. If any game is found to be violating this policy (due to patches, undisclosed details, etc.) they will be removed from ShinyLoot.

http://www.shinyloot.com/about

^hm weird, i guess thats a policy i can get behind. It does leave the door wide open to interpretation though.

Oh i see now they actually list what drm each game has on its purchase page under “protection type”.

Hi to all!

Just wanted to share some feedback I got through other forum. I think it might be helpful to people interested in the promo:

- There’s no need of a client to download/play the games. You can download them through your browser, in the games section of your account.
- They accept Pay Pal.
- The games downloads are in multiple files, either in Zip or Rar format.
- Black Mirror 3 comes in one zip file, Zezura in 3 rar files (You need to extract each of the three files retaining the folder format as named in the same place on your pc). These games require installation.
- Black Mirror 2 comes in 3 rar files and GrayMatter in 4 rar files. These ones don’t require installation, you just play directly from the unziped files.
- All 4 are in fact drm-free.  In addition to that information being present for the individual game in their pages you can also refine your search to DRM-free only games.
- For the games requiring serials, the serial check will either connect to an online server to validate a key or check some internal code to validate. The online check would happen only once (during install or your first run) and would not need to be checked again.

Hope this helps other users and thanks to all that participated!