Apparently, the PC adds a few pounds.

The resurgence of the platformer appears to be in full swing nowadays, with the popularity of titles like Super Meat Boy, the recently released Dustforce, and the sometimes described as best-platformer-of-the-year, Rayman Origins, which Ubisoft has decided is going to make the trek to PCs this spring.

Available for pre-purchase already on the Ubisoft Shop, for the low, low price of $29.99 CDN (why Canadian? It’s because the store website defaulted to that location, being where I live and all). Featuring drop in and out cooperative play, in over 60 levels of what appears to be beautifully crafted art, Rayman Origins will arrive on PCs in North America on March 29th, 2012 (March 30th, in Europe).

But wait a minute! This is Ubisoft we’re talking about! What about the DRM, the signed blood pacts, the secret handshakes and gilt goblets full of sacrificial entrails to be consumed in dark rituals? It doesn’t appear to say anything about it on the website, so I’ll be sure to keep a close eye focused in its general direction as the release date creeps ever nearer. In the meantime, yaaaaaay, Rayman Origins on PC! In the meantime, you could wander over to GOG.com and check out Rayman Forever (the renamed original), Two or Three.

EDIT: It appears as though an Ubisoft employees twitter feed confirms that retail copies of the game will be completely DRM free. Digital download versions are likely to have Uplay activation codes, or possibly even Steamworks – more details as the situation develops (Thanks, Mivey!)

Source: Ubisoft Shop, Nate Hawke’s Twitter

Johnny Maloney

Having been a gamer since 1986 when his father brought home an IBM PCjr with King's Quest and Crossfire included, it seemed destined that PC gaming and Johnny Maloney's life would run parallel forever. Despite his occasional affairs with movies, books, music and single malt scotch, he's never once left the side of his PC. In fact, on a full moon on a friday the thirteenth, if you sit in his old chairs... chills will run up your spine if you say "you fight like a dairy farmer," and you can sometimes hear ghostly whispers in the night respond "how appropriate, you fight like a cow…" -- Attempting to contact Johnny at Johnny@Blisteredthumbs.net may be successful.

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